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==Battery products== GE’s battery business serves the rail, marine, telecommunications and energy sectors, including new smart grid technology.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://albany.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/07/27/daily11.html | first=Pam | last=Allen | title=GE plans $100M battery plant for Schenectady | date=2009-07-27}}</ref><ref>[http://www.getransportation.com/na/en/docs/3238819_1249566341_Battery%20Plant%20Press%20Release%20FINAL%2008_05_2009.pdf]{{dead link|date=August 2013}}</ref><br />GE's Durathon battery production takes place at their facility in [[Schenectady, New York]]. A battery locomotive is in development as of 2020.{{Needs update|date=March 2022}}{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}} On November 13, 2020, GE sent out its first battery electric locomotive numbered 3000 to the BNSF Railway for testing on its mainline in California between Stockton and Barstow, California. It underwent various tests throughout 2021 to see the feasibility of a fully battery powered locomotive on the California main lines<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.railwaygazette.com/traction-and-rolling-stock/bnsf-and-wabtec-prepare-to-test-battery-electric-locomotive/56906.article |title= BNSF and Wabtec prepare to test battery–electric locomotive|publisher=Railway Gazette International, July 8, 2020|access-date=July 29, 2020}}</ref>{{Needs update|date=March 2022}}
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