Built for the work that doesn’t stop.
TugVolt is an autonomous, battery-electric freight railcar. We turn any traditional freight railcar into a TugVolt by upfitting it with motors, batteries, and an advanced perception system. The result is a railcar that moves itself.
Deploy it on your existing track, with your existing fleet, and start moving freight on day one. No new infrastructure and no new locomotives required.
TugVolts are in commercial service today, with best-in-class partners including Watco, R.J. Corman, and Carmeuse Americas.
For railroads
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Switching and Local Service
TugVolt handles yard moves, industry switching, and short local runs without tying up a road locomotive or a full crew, so your power and people stay focused on the work they do best.
Independent Shuttles
Run dedicated point-to-point shuttle service across short corridors, transfer runs, and interchange lanes, without a locomotive. Underused track becomes a recurring revenue lane.
Distributed Power and Self-Sorting
Add TugVolts throughout a long train to distribute tractive effort across the consist. They push on grades, recapture braking energy on the downhill, and at destination the train sorts itself.
For Plants, Mines, and Shippers
Captive and Independent Moves
Move raw materials, work-in-progress inventory, and finished goods between facilities on your own track. With TugVolt, captive moves happen on demand, not when a locomotive becomes available.
Plant and Terminal Switching
TugVolt handles the repetitive switching moves inside plants, mills, and terminals, putting loaded and empty cars exactly where your operation needs them. No trackmobile, no rented switcher, and no downtime between moves.
Self-Sorting in Dedicated Service
If you run cars in dedicated unit train service with a railroad partner, TugVolt can self-sort the consist on arrival, cutting dwell time, and reducing switching costs. Cars route themselves to the right tracks, in the right order, ready for loading or unloading the moment they arrive.
From single-spur plants to multi-mile shuttles, there's a TugVolt built to match.
Hardware
From standard railcar to self-propelled.
TugVolt Gen2
In-yard moves, plant railroads, short-haul switching
TugVolt Gen3
Multi-car consists, longer-distance shuttle moves
Software
From tablet control to full fleet autonomy.
Included in every software package
Manual
Operator executes. Software supervises.
Full Autonomy
Software executes. Software supervises.
EVERYTHING IN MANUAL, PLUS
Fleet Autonomy
Multiple TugVolts as one fleet. The network runs itself.
EVERYTHING ABOVE, PLUS
Ready to move?
Get in touch with our team to find out what TugVolt can do for your operations.