The car can be charged via a standard 120-volt outlet or an optional 240-volt quick-charging station.

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For the greater freedom of quick charging it is possible to optionally equip the vehicle with a quick-charging function.

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It also makes quick-charging power systems for forklifts, and its research arm is exploring new technologies such as a compact wind power system.

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Quick-charging stations currently on the roads take about an hour.

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According to Reuters, money for construction of the quick-charging station network came from a 2011 deal under which the government of Estonia sold 10 million surplus CO2 emission permits to the Mitsubishi Corporation.

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Companies talk of quick charging--quick meaning half an hour or so.

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Many inside and outside the firm came to blame its hard-charging investment bankers for emphasising quick trading profits over long-term relationships with clients.

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