'Journey Around Japan with CHAdeMO – EV Super Seven Quick Charge'
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/09/24/business/converted-ev-begins-55-day-nationwide-demo-run/#.UkHYUH8VhhU Converted EV begins 55-day nationwide demo run Kyodo Sep 24, 2013 [image http://jto.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/nb20130925a6a.jpg Off to the races: Senior Vice Industry Minister Isshu Sugawara (left) and Tadashi Tateuchi, head of the Japan Electric Vehicle Club, ride a British Caterham Super Seven sports car that runs on electricity in Tokyo on Tuesday. | KYODO ] A British sports car that has been converted into an electric vehicle set off Tuesday on a 55-day demonstration run around Japan. The vehicle, converted from the two-seat Caterham Super Seven at a factory of Tohoku Jidosha Co. in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, will visit 46 of the nation’s 47 prefectures, according to the Japan Electric Vehicle Club, a group of EV enthusiasts that organized the event. The club held a ceremony to mark the start of the tour at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. “I hope this journey will be instrumental in letting people realize that EVs are OK wherever they go,” Senior Vice Minister Isshu Sugawara said. He said the Caterham Super Seven will rely on a network of more than 1,700 fast-charging stations, which can fully recharge a car in 30 minutes, as it makes its way around the country. The vehicle can go 100 km to 130 km on a full charge. “We would like to prove that recharging infrastructure for EVs is being built up,” said the club’s leader, Tadashi Tateuchi. The vehicle will return to Tokyo on Nov. 17. [© japantimes.co.jp] ... http://www.jevc.gr.jp/?p=4593 Japan Electric Vehicle Club [Japanese translated>English] http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jevc.gr.jp%2F%3Fp%3D4593 http://english.kyodonews.jp/photos/2013/09/247794.html Converted EV embarks on demonstration tour Kyodo 24 September 2013 [image] Isshu Sugawara (L), senior vice minister of economy, trade and industry, takes a test ride in an electric vehicle converted from the two-seat Caterham Super Seven, a British sports car, at the ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2013, at a ceremony to mark the start of the EV's demonstration run around Japan. To his right is Tadashi Tateuchi, leader of the Japan Electric Vehicle Club. The EV, made by replacing a gasoline engine with motor, battery and other parts, will return to Tokyo on Nov. 17 after visiting 46 of Japan's 47 prefectures. [© kyodonews.jp] http://en.responsejp.com/article/2013/09/06/205803.html Japan EV Club Tour Throughout Japan with a Super Seven EV by Toshiya Kouketsu @DAYS 06 Sep 2013 [image http://jpx.responsejp.com/jpx/images/2013/09/06/205803_1.jpg EV Super Seven ] The start of Journey Around Japan with the Super Seven EV remodeled into an electric vehicle was announced on September 5th. The trips official name is the “Journey Around Japan with CHAdeMO – EV Super Seven Quick Charge Journey” After starting, the car underwent a vehicle inspection in Hachinohe City in Aomori Prefecture on the 19th. The car also received a new license plate engraved with the number 77. The Super Seven EV is a response to CHAdeMO’s new quick chargers. Through a Journey through Japan using the quick charge chargers being built at a rapid pace throughout Japan, they are calling for the wide-spread implementation of CHAdeMO charger networks. The Japan EV Club will be constantly updating their website with the details about the journey and the Super Seven EV. Also, the club as put together a “Support Book” for the journey (¥777) which will be released on Amazon and Kindle Books. For each book purchased, a contribution of around ¥500 will be made to the cause, and the Japan EV Club has been calling for support for the current challenge. [© responsejp.com] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: 200 Taxi EVs For Kiev, Ukraine (videos) {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Japan-EV-Club-s-Super7-conversion-on-55day-demo-run-r-100-130km-tp4665392.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
