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The First EV (Electric Vehicle) Taxi is Debuted in Tokyo, Japan

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Uploaded by on Apr 26, 2010

http://www.betterplace.com/ Witness an environmental milestone as on April 26th, 2010, the first switchable-battery EV (electric vehicle) taxi takes to the road in Tokyo, Japan. Watch scenes of the battery switch process which takes as little as 60 seconds to complete. Tokyo plans to eliminate up to 20% of their total car CO2 emissions by eliminating taxi emissions with the use of EV (electric vehicle) taxis.

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  • i love to go in Tokyo

  • byd is better, this company will never go mainstream but byd can make 800.000 cars/year

  • Say YES to the ZERO EMISSION future :)!!!!!

  • lol Shenzhen already has 200 of them rolling around 1 year ago.

  • how do the EV taxis do on hills? Our city has a lot of steep hills.

  • @appletonp EvTaxi and swapstations are now a reality. All major cities in the US should replace the taxi fleets w non polluting EV taxis,good for the city...good for the people and the environment. Keep posted w EV Taxi developments at EvTaxi.com

  • Will be nice for the planet.

  • this is awesome. I heard san francisco will be doing....NY should be next and then all taxis will follow....a great start on a better planet.

  • I think having battery staitions is the answer to the issues of range. Just like filling up your gas tank, one stops to get charged batteries. The stations can have solar pannels as roof helping them be more eco friendly. Too bad there is so much red tape involved in getting this idea going.

  • I wonder how replacing the combustion engine taxis with electric vehicle taxis will affect the health of the Japanese in Tokyo.

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