Reasons for buying "high -speed vehicle technology" from Hitachi, Alstom --Live -anniversary

Hitachi Rail announced on December 2 that it has decided to acquire related assets related to the V300 Zefiro (Zefiro) high -speed railway vehicle platform held by Alstom.This is the first time that Japanese manufacturers have acquired high -speed train platforms in other countries, including group companies.

Regarding the technology of high -speed trains, Hitachi, who has a wealth of experience in the production of the Shinkansen, is not easy to compete with other companies in Europe, which has a large system.The acquisition of a platform developed by the former Bombardia, which has manufactured many high -speed trains in Europe, has become full -fledged in the European high -speed train market, which is a group of Alstom TGVs and Siemens Velaro (ICE).means.

"Zephiro" is a platform for high -speed trains developed by Bombardia, which has been merged with Alstom, and is now temporarily held by Alstom.Until now, it has been adopted for high -speed trains in China, and Italy's Anchard Breda (now Hitachi Rail) has been adopted to manufacture the Italian railway high -speed train, Frecha Rossa 1000.

There are multiple types of Zephiro Platform.The first adopted was the CRH1E type in China based on the "V250 Zephiro" platform designed at a maximum speed of 250 km / h in 2009, and then the "V380 Zephiro" -based CRH380D type CRH380D type, which has been up to 380 km / h.Was also born.The actual manufacturing was made by Bombardi's local joint venture, China, Aoshima Shokata Machine Machine vehicle.

This time, Hitachi Rail acquired a dedicated platform for the European market called "V300 Zephiro".Compatible with the International Railway Union (UIC) standards and complies with TSI (Technical Specifications for Interoperability.The maximum operating speed is 360 km / h (currently 300 km), the maximum design is 400 km, both of which are the fastest in Europe's high -speed trains.

The company's predecessor, Ansald Breda, based on this V300 Zephiro Platform, is currently operated by ETR400 vehicles, which are currently operated by high -speed trains in Italy.

The Italian ETR400 will be in France from December 18, 2021 and operates in Spain in 2022 (photographed by the author).

The vehicle has been manufactured by the new Hitachi Rail in taking over the contract after Ancald Breda was acquired in Hitachi.First, 50 eight -car trains (400 cars) are manufactured for Italy domestic, and these are currently being operated by Trenitalia, an Italian train operating company.The company started to enter France on December 18, 2021, and to enter the high -speed train business in Spain in 2022, so 18 -car trains for entering France (additional amounts are added.112 cars are being manufactured for 23 (184 cars) for 8 -car trains for Spain.

Alstum states that the obligations for vehicle contracts for existing trenitalia and ILSA (Spanish high -speed train operators) will continue to be fulfilled.

The sale of the Zephiro Platform has already been determined by the merger of Alstum and Bombardia.

TGV is one of the core products for Alstom.I wasn't hesitant to let go of the competing Zefiro platform (photographed by the author)

Previously, Alstom plans to merge with German Siemens, and the story has progressed until just before realization, but the European Commission did not admit that "there is a risk of monopolizing the market", and this story has been broken (2019.See the article dated April 6, 2014).The reason is that the two companies have genres, and they are required to sell assets held by either to prevent the oligopoly of the market, but that was insufficient.is.

The ICEs owned by Alstom and Siemens are all central to the world's high -speed train market and are exported to other countries.It is clear that if one company has both, it may be a monopoly of the market, which is why the European Commission was waiting.

However, the two companies' answers to the European Commission's horizontal spears were ambiguous, such as piercing a hole in the law.Finally, the European Commission ended without swinging his head vertically, and ending the merger story itself.

Alstom's Coradia Polyvarent (my photo photo) was decided to sell to CAF

Talent 3 also sold to CAF.I have not been able to pass the approval test that has been conducted for several years, and some orders have been canceled from the Austrian Railway (photographed by the author).

The two companies strive to sell assets that are likely to be pointed out as possible so as not to step on the same tracks in the merger of Alstum and Bombardia.Coladia Polyvarents (former Alstum) and Talent 3 (former Bombardia), a series of vehicles, were interested in several companies, but on November 24, 2021, they both have acquired the Spanish CAF.

Regarding high -speed trains, TGVs and Zephiro will be duplicated, but alstems cannot abandon the TGV technology inherited since the 1970s, resulting in a Zephiroplatform.According to Hitachi, the acquisition of the V300 platform is expected to be completed in the first half of 2022 after receiving the prescribed procedures, consultation with employee representatives and approval of related authorities.

By the way, the concerns about this sale are the future of the "V250" and "V380", which were adopted in China among the Zephiro Platforms.According to Hitachi, this acquisition is only the V300 platform, and the V250 and V380 are not included.

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The sale is a movement under the direction of the European Commission, and the V250 and V380 should also be sold, but if Hitachi has not acquired it, it may be handed over to the Chinese Chinese car Aoshima Shokata Machine vehicle.Conceivable.Zephill platforms including the V250 are also used in Swedish vehicles, but the derivative called "Zefiro Express" is transmitted to Europe after manufacturing the vehicle in China.It is the process of doing it.

Maybe some vehicles for Europe will eventually be transported after manufacturing in China, and only the final assembly will be performed in a European factory.