China Orders Up Some Seriously Fast Trains

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The Chinese Ministry of Railways (MOR) just hired a company called Bombardier Sifang to supply the country with 80 high speed trains, totaling at 1,120 cars.
The train specifically is called the ZEFIRO 380, which has a top speed of 236mph (380kph) with energy savings as high as 50% compared to traditional trains.
As I wrote back in the end of August, China plans to spend $300 billion on rail efforts between now and 2020. It’s great to see the beginning of this start to occur.
Now if only the US would get a clue.