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St. Louis Business Journal
06/11/2025
Railcar firm Intramotev hires retired 2-star general as adviser
A retired two-star general, with experience in the U.S. Army's transportation school, will join St. Louis-based Intramotev, a self-propelled, battery-powered railcar startup, as an adviser, as the company looks to expand into government and defense applications.
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Trains Magazine
03/24/2025
Intramotev names industry veteran Harry Zander as chief commercial officer
ST. LOUIS — Intramotev, the startup company that converts conventional freight cars to battery-electric, self-propelled vehicles, has named rail industry veteran Harry Zander as its chief commercial officer. Harry Zander is the new chief commercial officer at Intramotev. Intramotev Zander brings more than 30 years of experience to Intramotev
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Mining.com
12/05/2024
Battery-electric railcar retrofits deployed at Carmeuse’s calcium mine in Michigan
Intramotev, a Missouri-based technology company building battery-electric railcar retrofits, has released footage of its TugVolt technology operating at Carmeuse’s calcium mine in Cedarville, Michigan. T
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Railway Age
09/06/2024
Eagle Drayage Deploying Intramotev TugVolt
Intramotev, a technology start-up that produces self-propelled battery-electric retrofits, on Sept. 5 reported a switching agreement with Eagle Drayage & Warehouse Co., a 3PL (third-party logistics company) based in St. Louis, Mo.
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Trains Magazine
08/22/2024
Intramotev shows off autonomous, battery-electric stack car (with video)
ST. LOUIS — Intramotev, the startup company that converts conventional freight cars to battery-electric, self-propelled vehicles, has debuted an autonomous double-stack car.
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Axios
08/13/2024
Exclusive: Railcar startup Intramotev raises $14M
Intramotev closed a $14 million Series A round for battery-powered autonomous railcars, the company tells Axios.
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American Journal of Transportation
05/22/2023
St. Louis-based Intramotev delivering innovative solution that could revolutionize freight movement by rail
The commercial launch progress of Intramotev Autonomous Rail’s autonomous, zero-emission railcar was highlighted during the opening session of FreightWeekSTL 2023
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Cleantechnica
05/18/2023
New Autonomous Battery-Electric Trains Are Coming For Your Diesel
Electric trains are commonplace in commuter rail systems, but they have yet to make an impact on the freight shipping business. That is beginning to change. The latest development on the rail electrification front involves the St. Louis, Missouri, company Intramotev, which aims to push diesel fuel out of the locomotive picture with a fleet of battery-electric autonomous rail cars.
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