ABB will deliver batteries for electric trains to the Skoda group

ABB has signed a partnership with the Skoda Group for the delivery of traction batteries for the new battery electric multiple units (BEMU) used by the Czech National Railways Ceské dráhy. This collaboration is expected to last fifteen years.

The first order placed by Ceské dráhy includes 195 “Pro-Series” battery packs for fifteen BEMUs from Skoda, details ABB on Thursday in a press release. Worth less than $20 million (18.2 m…