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Battery Powered Tram Charges in 60 Seconds

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the streetcar-named-yokubou dept.

SK writes to tell us that a new streetcar, powered by lithium battery, has been invented by the Railway Technical Research Institute in Kokubunji, Tokyo. The new transport is capable of speeds of 40 kph for 15 kilometers and can convert 70 percent of its deceleration energy into electricity which is then sent back to the battery which can recharge in under one minute.

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  1. Remember the good old times... by megaditto · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    when most women were housewifes which means they only cleaned and cooked, and therefore didn't need elaborate schooling. No colleges for women required.

    Educated women, emancipated trams... It's a slippery slope I tell you.

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