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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-REMISE-TRANSPORT MUSEUM

(230901) -- VIENNA, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor experiences driving tramcars at the Remise, the Transport Museum of Vienna Lines, in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 30, 2023. The Remise-Transport Museum of Vienna Lines shows historical and modern trams and other vehicles and offers visitors a journey through 150 years of public transport history with Vienna Lines. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-REMISE-TRANSPORT MUSEUM

(230901) -- VIENNA, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch the tramcars at the Remise, the Transport Museum of Vienna Lines, in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 30, 2023. The Remise-Transport Museum of Vienna Lines shows historical and modern trams and other vehicles and offers visitors a journey through 150 years of public transport history with Vienna Lines. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-REMISE-TRANSPORT MUSEUM

(230901) -- VIENNA, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows the tramcars at the Remise, the Transport Museum of Vienna Lines, in Vienna, Austria. The Remise-Transport Museum of Vienna Lines shows historical and modern trams and other vehicles and offers visitors a journey through 150 years of public transport history with Vienna Lines. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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Kawasaki Heavy succeeds in trial run of battery-powered tramcar

KOBE, Japan - Staff of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. successfully run a battery-powered tramcar they have developed on a trial basis on Aug. 30 in a bid to realize commercial use at the end of 2008. The 18.4-meter-long streetcar, weighing 30.8 tons and powered by 16 nickel-hydrogen batteries, smoothly ran on a 280-meter track at some 20 kilometers per hour, a normal speed for commercially operated tramcars, in the company's plant in Kobe.

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Chinese embrace digital yuan as China further promotes pilot program

STORY: Chinese embrace digital yuan as China further promotes pilot program DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: STANDUP(English): YE TING, Xinhua correspondentSOUNDBITE 1(Chinese):LIU YIYING, Manager of Canton Tower Tourism Culture Co.various of GuangzhouSOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): MS. ZHANG, Touristvarious of Guangzhou STORYLINE: China has stepped up efforts to promote the digital yuan with pilot programs. Since 2017, the country has tested the use of the digital yuan in a number of cities, including Guangzhou. STANDUP(English): YE TING, Xinhua correspondent "We are now in the Canton Tower. As China keeps promoting its digital fiat currency, we can use the digital yuan in restaurants, vending machines, stores, and even in the tramcars. Let's have a look. I'm about to enter the station. I have already downloaded the digital yuan application. I can simply use the QR code to take the trams." SOUNDBITE 1(Chinese):LIU YIYING, Manager of Canton Tower Tourism

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Kawasaki Heavy succeeds in trial run of battery-powered tramcar

KOBE, Japan - Staff of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. successfully run a battery-powered tramcar they have developed on a trial basis on Aug. 30 in a bid to realize commercial use at the end of 2008. The 18.4-meter-long streetcar, weighing 30.8 tons and powered by 16 nickel-hydrogen batteries, smoothly ran on a 280-meter track at some 20 kilometers per hour, a normal speed for commercially operated tramcars, in the company's plant in Kobe. (Kyodo)