Japan, Oct. 15 -- Kawasaki Tsurumi Rinko Bus Co., Ltd., Toshiba Corporation and Drive Electro Technology K.K. launched a demonstration project to confirm the effectiveness of a super-rapid-charging electric vehicle (EV) bus using a pantograph charging system.For the project, a diesel bus owned by Rinko Bus that was retrofitted as an EV bus and equipped with Toshiba lithium-ion battery "SCiB (TM) , and a pantograph charger has been installed at Rinko Bus's Shiohama bus depot in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo. Test runs of the EV bus have been completed, and preparations are under way for the start of demonstration operation. The bus is scheduled to begin demonstration service on routes operated from the depot around December 2026, marking Japan's ...