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Wireless EV charging while driving enters first Japan road test

10-second jolt can power a car to drive about 1 km in city near Tokyo

Hiroshi Fujimoto, a professor in the University of Tokyo's Advanced Energy Department, shows wireless recharging equipment underneath an electric vehicle at an Oct. 3 event. (Photo by Yoshino Sakurai)

CHIBA, Japan -- A city near Tokyo has become the first in Japan to test technology that allows electric vehicles to recharge wirelessly while being driven on public roads.

The experiment is taking place in Kashiwa through a partnership that includes the University of Tokyo, tire manufacturer Bridgestone, auto parts makers NSK and Denso, real estate group Mitsui Fudosan and Chiba University.

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