Since it is battery based, it can work on lines that don’t have overhead wiring, presumably. From the actual article behind the linked one (https://www.teslarat

Since it is battery based, it can work on lines that don’t have overhead wiring, presumably. From the actual article behind the linked one (https://www.teslarati.com/teslas-all-electric-giga-train-in-germany-takes-first-trip/ https://www.teslarati.com/teslas-all-electric-giga-train-in-...), it looks like this is effectively an employee shuttle: > The Giga Train is Tesla’s answer to potential concerns that some employees might have had regarding how they would get to work. The new train will eventually transport 4,500 employees to the factory every single day, where they will build the company’s all-electric vehicles. It is replacing a train that currently runs on diesel: > Niederbarnimer Eisenbahngesellschaft, or NEB, is the train’s operator, and plans to switch to an e-fleet of trains starting at the end of this year. Managing director Sebastian Achtermann said: > “We will put 31 battery-electric multiple units and seven hydrogen multiple units into operation, gradually replacing the diesel fleet we currently use.” But if this is something they want to actually turn into a product instead of purchasing an existing battery based train, I could see Tesla learning from this experiment and then targeting geographies where there are lots of diesel based train lines without electrification.