Title :
The electric vehicle sharing demonstration: the ITS/EV project urban rent-a-car system in the Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 area
Author :
Hara, Kayoko ; Teramoto, Masahiko ; Takayama, Mitsumasa
Author_Institution :
Vehicle Res. Lab., Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Yokosuka, Japan
Abstract :
The Association of Electronic Technology for Automobile Traffic and Driving (JSK) launched an electric vehicle-sharing demonstration in the Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 (MM21) area in October 1999. JSK aims to develop an EV-sharing system that a company or a local government could operate feasibly on a constant basis. The demonstration EV-sharing system consists of a ration center, EV stations and EVs. Vehicles are linked to the operations center via a cellular phone-based packet data communications service. Some 250 business people took part in the demonstration. The results of a user survey indicate that the system was evaluated satisfactorily for the most part by the participants
Keywords :
cellular radio; data communication; electric vehicles; project engineering; transportation; ITS/EV project; Yokohama Minato Mirai 21; cellular radio; electric vehicles; packet data communications; urban car renting system; vehicle sharing scheme; Automobiles; Battery powered vehicles; Companies; Data communication; Electric vehicles; Industrial electronics; Laboratories; Local government; Urban areas; Vehicle driving;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, 2000. IV 2000. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dearborn, MI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6363-9
DOI :
10.1109/IVS.2000.898328
