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Leclanché SA: Bombardier Transportation selects Leclanché SA as preferred global provider of Battery Systems to power Rail Transportation
Leclanché SA / Key word(s): Development of Sales/Contract Bombardier Transportation selects Leclanché SA as preferred global provider of Battery Systems to power Rail Transportation Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland, October 2nd, 2019 – Mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Leclanché, one of the world’s leading providers of energy storage systems to the transportation industry. Bombardier Transportation will use Leclanché’s leading 100% European manufactured cells (GNMC & LTO), module and pack technology across their extensive portfolio of trains. The collaboration between Leclanché & Bombardier will reduce the industry’s dependence on diesel engines and lead to a subsequent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the railway sector. This partnership will also accelerate the shift from lead-acid batteries to Lithium-ion cells, which are a clean, environmentally friendly and sustainable technology. Leclanché’s latest generation battery systems provide better density, efficiency and longer life, resulting in lower operational and maintenance costs for end customers. Due to the advantages of Lithium-ion batteries, it is estimated that Lithium-ion battery systems will become the largest share of the train battery market by 2025. Independent studies predict, that the demand for rail battery capacity will increase by 400% from now until 2025. Frédéric Hendrick, Head of Module Center Energy & Motion at Bombardier Transportation, said : “Leclanché’s ability to cover the complete value chain and the leading cell technologies from design and production of lithium cells in Europe, to full battery systems for railway applications together with our traction technology positions us together as leaders in electrification solutions that will deliver lower operational expenditure and enable environmental sustainability for all train types”. This important partnership adds to Leclanché’s exciting portfolio of mandates across the e-Transport sector that will help to accelerate the electrification of transport and reduce the sector’s dependence on fossil fuels. It will increase the trains’ autonomy on the non-electrified part of the rail network. It will also enable to provide hybrid engines compliant with the latest regulations preventing to use diesel propulsion in the cities.
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