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"Japanese automotive giant Mitsubishi is to take part in a multi-year trial
starting in Tokyo later this year that will feature more than 150
battery-swappable electric commercial vehicles (EVs) and 14 modular battery
swap stations.
The pilot battery swapping program is a collaboration between Mitsubishi Fuso
Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC), Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, Californian
battery technology company Ample, and Yamato Transport, and will start in
September.
The new pilot program will deploy a range of commercial EVs capable of battery
swapping, including MFTBC’s eCanter light-duty truck and Mitsubishi Motors’
Minicab EV.
The vehicles will be used to serve commercial delivery fleets across Tokyo,
with Yamato Transport, Japan’s largest shipping and logistics group, the first
major customer of the initiative.
Ample will provide its battery swapping technology for participating EV
platforms and will also install and operate the swapping stations which the
company claims can provide fleet vehicles with a full charge in under five
minutes.
Each battery swap station is compact and quick to deploy – in as little time as
under a week – and requires no heavy infrastructure and is powered by renewable
energy."
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