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  1. Bus driven by electric power collected from
  2. overhead wires. It has greater
  3. manoeuvrability than a tram (see tramway),
  4. but its obstructiveness in present-day
  5. traffic conditions led to its withdrawal in
  6. the UK. Germany has developed new types that
  7. operate, by means of three tonnes of
  8. batteries, for 10 km/6 mi without drawing
  9. current from an overhead wire.
  10.