Tokyo taxis to trial battery-swap stations for electric vehicles

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Better Place hopes pilot scheme will lead to adoption in other cities

Tokyo taxis are to test an innovative battery-swap station designed to replace depleted batteries from electric cars with ones that are fully recharged. Better Place, which will launch the trial in...

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