自動車に残るエネルギー量の推定と被災地域への応用

抄録

Japan is a country of frequent natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, floods, and volcanic eruptions. Vehicles equipped with large fuel tank and battery capacity are expected to be useful when disaster occurs. The purpose of this paper is to estimate the remaining amount of vehicle-owned energy based on data from the Toyota City low-carbon society system demonstration project, and examine the potential availability of such vehicle-owned energy in stricken areas. First, we calculate how many cars would be available and how far the cars would be able to travel to evacuate the stricken area and reach safety, assuming there are no places to refuel along the way. Secondly, we compute the amount of vehicle energy in terms of electric energy in areas that would potentially be damaged by a Nankai Trough earthquake. Thus, we evaluate the quantitative potential of vehicles in stricken areas.

In addition, we give an example demonstrating the significance of vehicle open data through the Internet of Things.