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Taking out the trash, i-MiEV style 
Autoblog | by Sebastian Blanco | Mon, Sep 28
Here's an odd little story from Japan today: the battery system that is used in Mitsubishi's i-MiEV electric car is going to get a workout as the driving force for the trash compactor in the Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Company's electric garbage collection truck. Running the compactor off of b...
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