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Technology
evaluated
Overall Potential
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Barriers
Benefits (other than environmental)
Energy efficiency (single vehicles)
Status of development
Technology field
Vehicle - fix costs
LCC-driven procurement
very promising
Kinetic Energy Storage System (KESS)
Inverter unit for DC substations
promising
Incentives for drivers
interesting
Improved operation control for air-conditioning
interesting
IGBT
very promising
Hydrogen engine
interesting
Hybrid locomotives
HTSC transformer
very promising
Heat exchangers to use waste heat in MUs
promising
Gas turbine
interesting
Future developments in diesel technology
promising
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