{"id":144303,"date":"2022-01-21T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T03:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=144303&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-01-21T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T03:20:30","slug":"ev-taxis-tested-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/ev-taxis-tested-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"EV Taxis Tested in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitakyushu-based taxi company, Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo, began an EV taxi project in collaboration with Kyushu Electric Power (Kyuden) and Sumitomo Corporation. The project\u2019s first phase introduced one electric vehicle in Fukuoka City, a car capable of traveling 458 kilometers on a single charge. The environmentally-conscious project aims to turn 100 domestic taxis into electric vehicles. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/rkb.jp\/article\/60276\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RKB<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sumitomocorp.com\/ja\/jp\/news\/release\/2022\/group\/15380\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sumitomo Corporation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144298\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_ev-taxi_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1162%2C772&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1162\" height=\"772\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_ev-taxi_2022_cl.jpg?w=1162&amp;ssl=1 1162w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_ev-taxi_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_ev-taxi_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/fnn_ev-taxi_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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