Tokyo Electric Power Company and Fuji Heavy Industries announced the concept model opening to the public and the introduction plan of the next generation type electric vehicle.

In mini-passenger car "R1" of Fuji Heavy Industries, EV announced this time is installing of the efficient lithium-ion battery jointly developed with NEC. It is said that it is possible to run 80 kilometers in the voltage excellent high in the practicality in the feature compared with a past battery by a charge once, and driving power and the braking effort can use a current equal to the gasoline car, the air conditioner, and the air conditioning such as heaters for air-conditioning. When a usual 100V in-vehicle charger is used, charging time is said that it ends in 15 minutes when the power supply is used by 200V of leaving untouched of the type (In 80% accumulation) by eight hours.

3000 in total is scheduled to be replaced with EV from next year by 500 around the vehicle in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, and Saitama where moved distance during a day is sooner or later short every year though Tokyo Electric Power Company has about 8300 business vehicles now. It is said that about 500 the ordinary family families' worth of carbon-dioxide emissions can be reduced, and the effect of the fuel cost reduction can expect about 200 million yen a year if 3000 takes the place of EV. I hear that it was scheduled that Fuji Heavy Industries made the best use of the result of a joint research with Tokyo Electric Power Company, and EV was commercialized for general in 2009 in addition.

It will be necessary to solve the problem of the spread of the charger (one of each vehicle equipment and gas station "Desk lamp" that doesn't become it) in the future still, and the expansion of a further mileage will be requested technically in the future. Even if they are subtracted, the general sale of a complete electric vehicle is just a story to make the mind dance. How much is the price brought close to a general car?