{"id":48385,"date":"2025-09-09T00:54:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/hitachis-100m-us-railcar-plant-comes-online-equipped-with-dog-robot\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:54:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:54:42","slug":"hitachis-100m-us-railcar-plant-comes-online-equipped-with-dog-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/zh\/hitachis-100m-us-railcar-plant-comes-online-equipped-with-dog-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitachi&#8217;s $100m US railcar plant comes online equipped with dog robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-trackable=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/transportation\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Transportation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Japanese industrial group will use Maryland site as testing ground for advanced technologies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F8%2F8%2F2%2F8%2F11448288-1-eng-GB%2Fe70d537b2942-photo_SXM2025090600009219.jpg?width=780&#038;fit=cover&#038;gravity=faces&#038;dpr=2&#038;quality=medium&#038;source=nar-cms&#038;format=auto\" alt=\"20250908N Hitachi rail factory\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"><\/p>\n<p data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Hitachi&#8217;s new factory in Maryland will\u00a0produce railcars for the Baltimore subway and other transit systems.\u00a0(Photo by Azusa Kawakami)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>AZUSA KAWAKAMI and KOSUKE TOSHI<\/p>\n<div data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p><span>September 9, 2025 01:30 JST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-body-preview\" data-article-body data-trackable=\"bodytext\" data-atlas=\"body\">\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\">WASHINGTON &#8212; Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has officially launched full-scale operations at its new railcar plant in Hagerstown in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland, the company said on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"article-footer\">\n<div data-article-type=\"News\">\n<div data-trackable=\"read-next-listing\" data-testid=\"read-next\">\n<p data-trackable=\"listing-title\">\n<h2>Read Next<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<div data-trackable=\"slot-1\">\n<li data-trackable=\"teaser-splash\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/companies\/hitachi-to-invest-1bn-in-us-plants-for-transformers-grid-equipment\" data-trackable=\"thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/companies\/hitachi-to-invest-1bn-in-us-plants-for-transformers-grid-equipment\" 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