To the home delivery business at the same price as an EV development gasoline car without having your own factory
In October 2021, he started a test run for the EV Van.The luggage that can be loaded is about 1 ton, and you can run 300 km in one charge.It was designed as a commercial vehicle used for delivery at the "Last One Mile" from the end of the logistics to the destination of home.He is taking data such as batteries and driving slopes."We will ride the waves of the increase in home delivery demand and extend the EV Van," said Gen Nakao (19) of the highest executive officer (COO).
From 2022, this EV van will start running with luggage.A contract with SBS Holdings (HD, Sumida -ku, Tokyo), a logistics company that also handles home delivery.The company plans to replace about 2,000 delivery vehicles with EVs in the next five years.There is also a reference from other logistics companies, and Mr. Nakao says, "I want to make a company that sells thousands in the future."
The follow -fry was just made in August.The company was founded by Hiroyasu Oma (44), who was known for making an EV sports car at the Kyoto University venture "GLM", which succeeded in mass -producing sports EVs in Japan.He is now the CEO.
Why a commercial vehicle?"While the demand for home delivery was originally increased, it accelerated with the spread of the new colon virus.Commercial vehicles such as EV vans and trucks do not develop much of Japanese cars.
"Automaker" of "Fabres", which does not have its own factory, is rare.Based on the EV van of the Great Motor Motor Group, the design of the EV vans in the Tokyo wind train group has been partially changed based on the safety standards of Japan and manufactures its own EVs.Reduced development costs.In China, where the production of EVs increases rapidly, the battery that boosts the EV price is cheap, so it was 3.8 million yen per unit, which was comparable to a gasoline car.
Other commercial vehicles such as 2 ton trucks are already under development.Mr. Nakao, a first -year university student, is working hard to balance academic and management, saying, "I want to be a Japanese -leading fabeless manufacturer."(December 18, 2021 Asahi Shimbun area is posted)
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The headquarters will be placed in the Kyoto University International Science Innovation Building in Sakyo -ku, Kyoto.The company met the safety standards in full -country production and obtained a number as a home delivery electric vehicle.We plan to develop facilities for replacing deteriorated rechargeable batteries with Chinese manufacturers, and plan to develop a vehicle that makes it easy to replace rechargeable batteries.