Japanese Convenience Store to Provide Electric Cars for Customers
January 2, 2009 by admin
Japanese convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. plans to add 150 Mitsubishi i-MiEV electric vehicles to its fleet in the summer of 2009. The company intends to add as many as 1,600 i-MiEVs eventually, according to the report in the Nikkei.
Before the full-scale introduction in the summer, the company plans to begin using a single i-MiEV in the Tokyo metropolitan area on January 12 to evaluate its ease of use and effectiveness in reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Due to the fact that the i-MiEV’s traveling distance on a fully charged battery is around 160 km (99 miles), Lawson plans to deploy the cars first in areas where distances between stores are short including the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Kinki region and in some other areas.
The company will install a rapid charger for electric vehicles at one of its convenience stores in the Tokyo area in 2009 or later. They will also run a trial service where store customers will have use of the car.
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