Activation of a rural area and improvement of the local people’s communication using micro-EV cars

Abstract

Inactivation and decline of the rural or suburban areas by aging and depopulation have been clearer in the current Japan, which has become a super aging society. It is said that it is partly because inconvenience of short-range mobility causes the situation. The authors show that micro-EV (electric vehicle) cars are convenient for the daily short-range use in such areas shown above. We brought several micro-EV cars into a rural area near Tokyo, and we will show the situation and results with them. Theoretical conditions that make the micro-EV’s installed without problems are shown at the same time.