Abstract
Car sharing is considered as one of the ways to familiarize the electric vehicle (EV) when popularization is not progressed. However, EV has the demerits such as a long time to charge and travel distance per charge is shorter than gasoline vehicle. Therefore, the possibility of car sharing using EV is unclear compared with gasoline vehicle. This research develops a car sharing system suitable for small businesses by a pilot study. We investigated operational procedure taking into account of the characteristics of EV by Monte Carlo simulation analysis. Analysing appropriate number of members according to different operating hours and travel distances, It was found that the frequency and operating time of a shared EV increased by limiting distance and time.
