An oil-electricity hybrid locomotive's cold starting test was successful at 9am on 12 Jan. 2017 in the Ituri River Town, Yakeshi, Hulunbuir in the north of Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The local temperature was minus 40 degrees Celsius. CRRC Ziyang Co Ltd. Is the locomotive manufacturer.
An oil-electricity hybrid locomotive's cold starting test was successful at 9am on 12 Jan. 2017 in the Ituri Town, Yakeshi, Hulunbuir in the north of Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The local temperature was minus 40 degrees Celsius. CRRC Ziyang Co Ltd. Is the locomotive manufacturer.
Despite the extreme cold outside, the temperature in the cab was 25 degrees Celsius and the batteries showed a temperature of 12 degrees Celsius, suitable for the operation.
The experiment marked the end of a series of experiments for the hybrid locomotive.
On Jan 7, the locomotive carried out a successful shunting on marshalling experiment in environment of minus 30 degrees Celsius in Northeast China.
In August 2016, the same locomotive had operated in high temperatures in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Hybrid locomotives are environment friendly, energy-saving and less noisy. The successful experiments in both extreme cold and hot weather showed the world's largest-power hybrid locomotive can run in environment with different temperatures.