This document is subject to copyright. Toshiba has published the results of tests of electric buses equipped with its wireless rapid rechargeable battery system . The trials showed that replacing diesel - fuelled buses with electric ones could cut carbon dioxide emissions from daily transit operations by up to 60 % . The Japanese company developed a 44kW wireless rapid rechargeable battery system that charges the battery when the bus is parked over charging pads . The buses are powered by Toshiba 's SCiB rechargeable batteries , which showed very little drop in emissions , even after 15,000 rapid charge and discharge cycles .
Toshiba has published the results of tests of electric buses equipped with its wireless rapid rechargeable battery system . The trials showed that replacing diesel - fuelled buses with electric ones could cut carbon dioxide emissions from daily transit operations by up to 60 % . The Japanese company developed a 44kW wireless rapid rechargeable battery system that charges the battery when the bus is parked over charging pads . The buses are powered by Toshiba 's SCiB rechargeable batteries , which showed very little drop in emissions , even after 15,000 rapid charge and discharge cycles .