Stadler has made a Guinness World Record for 224 km with its battery-powered FLIRT Akku.

FLIRT Akku

This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply citing Stadler.

A FLIRT Akku with three cars traveled autonomously on the Berlin-Warnemünde route and covered exactly 224.0 km in winter conditions with temperatures near freezing point. There were independent technical consultants on board.

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Stadler began developing FLIRT Akku in 2016 as a way to provide alternative and potentially cleaner traction options on lines that are not yet electrified. The German Federal Railways Administration approved the train in 2018.

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