AmeriTram

AmeriTram

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'''ameriTRAM''' is the name of a streetcar developed by [[Kinki Sharyo]], a Japanese railway rolling stock manufacturer. Designed for the [[United States]], it is an ultra-[[Low-floor tram|low-floor streetcar]] equipped with the "'''e-Brid'''" partial overhead wire-less system, which allows it to run on electricity stored in a rechargeable battery even in sections where overhead wires are not installed . Initially, the prototypes manufactured in 2010 were called LFX-300.{{harvp|Yoneya|2011|p=44}}{{cite web |title=LFX-300 Ameritram hybrid streetcar unveiled in Charlotte |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/lfx-300-ameritram-hybrid-streetcar-unveiled-in-charlotte/35646.article |website=[[Railway Gazette International]] |access-date=3 April 2026 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=GSYuasa News Release |url=https://www.gs-yuasa.com/jp/nr_pdf/20100818.pdf |access-date=3 April 2026 |date=18 August 2010}}
'''AmeriTram''' (stylized as '''ameriTRAM''') is the name of a streetcar developed by [[Kinki Sharyo]], a Japanese railway rolling stock manufacturer. Designed for the [[United States]], it is an ultra-[[Low-floor tram|low-floor streetcar]] equipped with the "'''e-Brid'''" partial overhead wire-less system, which allows it to run on electricity stored in a rechargeable battery even in sections where overhead wires are not installed . Initially, the prototypes manufactured in 2010 were called LFX-300.{{harvp|Yoneya|2011|p=44}}{{cite web |title=LFX-300 Ameritram hybrid streetcar unveiled in Charlotte |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/lfx-300-ameritram-hybrid-streetcar-unveiled-in-charlotte/35646.article |website=[[Railway Gazette International]] |access-date=3 April 2026 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=GSYuasa News Release |url=https://www.gs-yuasa.com/jp/nr_pdf/20100818.pdf |access-date=3 April 2026 |date=18 August 2010}}


==Development process==
==Development process==