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> 10 percent higher than the designed speed

...wasn't smth like "doing research on a live production system to get X% higher than designed output" what the Cernobil engineers were trying to do? Hope their sticking to trains with this mindset and not generalizing it to more dangerous industries :|

Anyway, at least electric trains are the kind of technology that will benefit everyone when it gets exported, so yey!

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> Anyway, at least electric trains are the kind of technology that will benefit everyone when it gets exported, so yey!

It’s not like this is new tech — they’re using trains built in a joint venture by Siemens (EDIT: apparently, they’re now building trains based on the same technology themselves), and the top speed China is trying to reach is 385km/h, unsurprisingly the top speed of the exact same model Siemens sells elsewhere.

I don't think the Chinese would like this if you say they are selling "Siemens trains".

They claim to have developed the technology further. The joint ventures were terminated after the technology transfer.

To actually develop this technology further, they’ll have to spend another 5-10 years on it. I’m sure they’ll manage it, but for now, there’s nothing new about these trains. Yet.

Thanks for your comment, I was wondering who made these trains and if they were Chinese made and designed. I know people have been leery of Chinese made cars and this is going 385 kmh...

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