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What has Tesla contributed here? The train looks like an existing battery-powered Siemens Mireo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Mireo#Mireo_Plus_B http

by pornel 2y ago

What has Tesla contributed here? The train looks like an existing battery-powered Siemens Mireo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Mireo#Mireo_Plus_B https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens_Mireo#Mireo_Plus_B

brendoelfrendo 2y ago
All I can find is that the new train replaces a diesel train, and that Tesla took flack last year for running a diesel-electric train as their employee shuttle. Yes, the train is a Siemens Mireo, and I can't find anything that says that Tesla was involved in the development of this specific train at all... so Tesla provided branding, I guess.
digdugdirk 2y ago
I'd say that purchasing a train that runs (at least?) 3x per day and allowing the public to ride for free isn't nothing? Definitely just a money + PR contribution though, I'd be curious of this is just advertising something that was a requirement from local lawmakers for building the factory in the first place.
- drivingmenuts 2y ago
  The headline makes it sound like it's a Tesla-made train. If it had been made by Tesla, they would have hyped it into the ground, tried to put it underground, and inspectors would notice a suspicious amount of hacks done just to keep it running. And Elon would have promised a self-driving mode that inexplicably doesn't work with a vehicle that only goes forward and backwards.
stetrain 2y ago
The only real connection to Tesla is that it's a Tesla-funded employee shuttle to a station on Tesla factory property. The trains are indeed Siemens Miero B and the line is operated by Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn. https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/tesla-shuttle-returns-with-battery-trains/67090.article https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/tesla-shuttle-retur...
saddat 2y ago
Terrible article title
blackeyeblitzar 2y ago
What’s funny (or sad?) is seeing attacks on social media tearing down the idea of a battery powered train just because it is associated with Elon Musk.
- tourmalinetaco 2y ago
  Elon may be a shit person (though what billionaire isn’t a megalomaniac), and electric cars may be a poor long term solution for the environment (the spontaneous combustion and destructive mining of lithium are… less than desirable) but trains are cool, people should lay off them, in fact we need more of them. Instead, let’s talk about what Elon promised would be better than trains: The χLoop (formerly Hyperloop).

by pornel 2y ago

brendoelfrendo 2y ago

All I can find is that the new train replaces a diesel train, and that Tesla took flack last year for running a diesel-electric train as their employee shuttle. Yes, the train is a Siemens Mireo, and I can't find anything that says that Tesla was involved in the development of this specific train at all... so Tesla provided branding, I guess.

digdugdirk 2y ago

I'd say that purchasing a train that runs (at least?) 3x per day and allowing the public to ride for free isn't nothing? Definitely just a money + PR contribution though, I'd be curious of this is just advertising something that was a requirement from local lawmakers for building the factory in the first place.

drivingmenuts 2y ago
The headline makes it sound like it's a Tesla-made train. If it had been made by Tesla, they would have hyped it into the ground, tried to put it underground, and inspectors would notice a suspicious amount of hacks done just to keep it running. And Elon would have promised a self-driving mode that inexplicably doesn't work with a vehicle that only goes forward and backwards.

stetrain 2y ago

The only real connection to Tesla is that it's a Tesla-funded employee shuttle to a station on Tesla factory property. The trains are indeed Siemens Miero B and the line is operated by Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn. https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/tesla-shuttle-returns-with-battery-trains/67090.article https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/tesla-shuttle-retur...

saddat 2y ago

Terrible article title

blackeyeblitzar 2y ago

What’s funny (or sad?) is seeing attacks on social media tearing down the idea of a battery powered train just because it is associated with Elon Musk.

tourmalinetaco 2y ago
Elon may be a shit person (though what billionaire isn’t a megalomaniac), and electric cars may be a poor long term solution for the environment (the spontaneous combustion and destructive mining of lithium are… less than desirable) but trains are cool, people should lay off them, in fact we need more of them. Instead, let’s talk about what Elon promised would be better than trains: The χLoop (formerly Hyperloop).