Year-long field testing finds electric buses with Toshiba wireless charger cut CO2 up to 60% compared to diesel

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By mmillikinMar 17, 2017, 9:58 am199 pts
Toshiba Corporation announced the results of year-long field tests of electric buses charged with its wireless rapid rechargeable battery system. (Earlier post.) The tests, carried out with the cooperation of Waseda University, showed that using the buses to replace standard diesel buses could cut CO2 emissions…

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