Parallel Techniques, the Los Angeles-based startup that’s growing an autonomous, battery-electric, self-propelled intermodal freight automotive system, as we speak demonstrated a prototype it developed for Australian railroad operator Arc Infrastructure.
Arc, which manages and operates 3,400 miles of railroad in southwestern Australia, performed the demonstration at its Kenwick Rail Freight Facility for presidency and trade officers, the corporate stated.
The prototype is the mixture of Arc’s enterprise idea and native information with Parallel Techniques’ expertise and expertise in growing electrical, autonomous rail automobiles, the businesses stated.
Arc is eyeing Parallel’s system for a container port deliberate for Perth. Dubbed Hiivr Rail, the autonomous system has been below growth for 3 years. The rail automobile is designed to maneuver single delivery containers inside and out of the port with no conventional prepare.
“Designed with the long run Westport in thoughts, the Hiivr Rail idea would see containers transfer immediately from a vessel to a future community of intermodal freight terminals and be out there to clients inside hours of being unloaded from the vessel. Intermodal areas which have a constrained footprint could be unlocked by the Hiivr Rail wagon,” Arc stated.
The long run Hiivr Rail fleet could be composed of particular person, battery-powered, autonomous automobiles which might function as a single automotive or collectively as a fleet.
Hiivr Rail’s autonomous wagons might be assembled domestically on the Bellevue Railcar Meeting Facility, leveraging Western Australia’s current native automation and expertise capabilities, strengthening rail manufacturing, and supporting native job creation, Arc stated.
Subsequent 12 months Arc will give attention to working mainline trials and persevering with its collaboration with Parallel Techniques, specializing in the expertise integration of the Hiivr wagon with Arc’s prepare management programs.
“Westport presents a as soon as in a lifetime alternative to design a port with functionality to assist rising applied sciences which symbolize the evolution of freight transportation. Hiivr Rail is an thrilling new idea that enables us to reimagine the freight provide chain to satisfy Western Australia’s wants via the twenty first century,” Murray Prepare dinner, Arc Infrastructure’s CEO, stated in a press release.
Within the U.S., a pair of Genesee & Wyoming quick strains in Georgia are looking for Federal Railroad Administration permission to launch testing of Parallel’s system subsequent 12 months.
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Parallel Systems demonstrates autonomous freight car system in Australia
