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Vycon Plans to Tap Speeding Subway Trains for Immense Amounts of Kinetic Energy
London, New York, Paris – what do they all have in common? Apart from being among the world’s most energy-hungry cities, they all have underground subway systems. These public transport systems help millions of people each day to get to and from work, but what if they could also be used to help power these metropolises?
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