Technical features:
- Compact design and the centric placed cabin with a free passageway from one side to the other help to ease and speed-up the working-processes;
- Ergonomic and air-conditioned driver’s cab featuring optimal view for shunting-services;
- Economic power-consumption, long maintenance-inter- vals and therefore high availability as well as a long life cycle due to electric-drive;
- Due to the maximum speed of 100 km/h and the possibility of multiple-unit-control, the locomotive can be used for shunting-services and cargo-conveyance;
- Non-wearing electric brake with re-feed in the brake-power catenary-line system (recuperation);
- Pneumatic brakes; indirectly for the trailed cars, directly for the locomotive;
- Powerful screw-type compressor with an output of 2400 l/min;
- Latest generation of vehicle control system including detailed diagnostic features;
- In regional and S-Bahn transit approved IGBT-electric- power-converter;
- Train protection (optional), prepared for Integra, ZUB 262ct or Eurobalise, Indusi;
- Remote radio-control and radio-control in multiple-unit- control (optional).

Vehicle data:
- Costumer: SBB AG Swiss Federal Railways
- Gauge: 1435 mm
- Catenary supply voltage: 15 kV/16.7 Hz and 25 kV/50 Hz
- No. of motors: 2
- Axle arrangement: Bo
- No. of vehicles: 21
- First year of operation: 2009–2010
- Length over buffers: 8800 mm
- Vehicle width: 3100 mm
- Vehicle height: 4306 mm
- Tara weight: 40 t /44 t (convertible)
- Wheel diameter: 1100 mm
- Wheelbase: 4000 mm
- Max. power at wheel rim: 750 kW
- Starting effort: 120 kN
- Max. speed: 100 km/h (designed for 120 km/h)
- Loading gauge: UIC 505-1 AB-EBV U3
- PA-Line: 1000 V / 800 A