Hybrid train, a new generation, makes debut (2)

The new hybrid light rail train is equipped with a fully automatic operating system. [Photo by Zhao Dapeng/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Zhang added that it can help reduce carbon emissions by about 40 metric tons per year, and only pure water will be discharged without any tail gas, achieving zero emissions.

This is a model of "researched in Beijing, made in Hebei", an achievement of the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, said Qian Zhaoyong, general manager of the Baoding-based company.