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Fleet of London buses get rapid charging tech

A fleet of electric buses have been fitted with train-style pantographs to deliver rapid charges to keep them running through the day.

The 18 double deckers on route 132 call in to Bexleyheath bus garage for a 10-minute top-up – delivered to the arm-like device attached to their roof via wifi – to boost the conventional charge received overnight.

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