-Customer industry/scale-

Manufacturing industry (small and medium enterprises)

-Customer needs/issues-

• Carrying out a pilot operation of the product locally so that the people involved can deepen their understanding
• Promoting understanding of the relevant ministries and agencies on the usefulness of the product
• Promoting collaboration with local private businesses

-Support contents-

• Research support by a project team including public transport experts
• Creation of interview materials with local ministries and agencies, and support for the implementation of the interview
• Cooperation with local private companies
• Examination of business content, contract conclusion support, pilot project implementation support

-Support period-

About 18 months

-Support results-

• Many people in the partner country, such as governments and private companies agreed with the project
• Local governments have started to consider official introduction of the products
• Established a relationship of trust with local private businesses and confirmed their intention to cooperate in future full-scale business development

Report

In urban areas with a dense and large population, air pollution due to exhaust gas becomes more serious due to the deterioration of existing gasoline engine vehicles. Electric vehicles, which emit no exhaust gas and reduce the total environmental load, are attracting more attention worldwide.

In this project, in order to utilize the product as a part of public transportation used as the main transport for citizens, we supported pilot operation in the model area, survey of passenger satisfaction, planning of operation business, etc.

Since then, the recognition of the products has greatly improved, and the products have been steadily spread among several local governments.