20 March 2009 Asia and Indonesia

HYBRID LRV

Kawasaki in Japan is launching its next-generation light rail vehicles - low-floor, hybrid-powered trams called Swimo. Using rechargeable bipolar NiMH (nickel metal hydride) industrial batteries, Swimo is able to operate on track lacking overhead catenary. The vehicle features Kawasaki's new Gigacel

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