Title :
EV sharing second car system with ITS technologies in residential area
Author :
Shibata, Kan ; Myashita, M.
Author_Institution :
Assoc. of Electron. Technol. for Automobile Traffic & Driving, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
EV sharing second car system provides convenient mobility using eco-friendly EVs for residents who have usually no access to their first car. The operations center system manages reservation of vehicle use and vehicles operation. The in-vehicle system receives user\´s information from the center system, and authenticates user\´s identity to unlock the doors of vehicle. ITS technologies make possible unmanned rental/return operation of vehicles, monitoring vehicle states from the operations center, and supporting a user during the rental. In a field trial of this system, EVs were used with short duration and short mileage on the average, so EVs can be used as "second cars" in a residential area
Keywords :
automated highways; electric vehicles; EV sharing second car system; ITS technologies; eco-friendly electric vehicles; in-vehicle system; operations center system; reservation management; residential area; unmanned rental/return operation; vehicle states monitoring; vehicle use; vehicles operation; Automobiles; Battery powered vehicles; Cities and towns; Hospitals; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Plugs; Space vehicles; Vehicle detection; Vehicle driving;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicle Electronics Conference, 2001. IVEC 2001. Proceedings of the IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Tottori
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7229-8
DOI :
10.1109/IVEC.2001.961750
