NEDO asks Nissan and Kanematsu to analyse EV use in California
Nissan and Japan-based trading company, Kanematsu Corporation, announced that they have been selected by the New Energy Industrial Technology and Development Organisation (NEDO), Japan's largest public R&D management organisation, to analyse electric vehicle use in California. The NEDO project aims to encourage the use of electric vehicles for longer distance and inter-city driving by installing and maintaining multiple quick chargers along inter-city routes. Nissan and Kanematsu will collect and analyse data on EV driving patterns, and create a suitable model to help promote more extensive use of electric vehicles in California and beyond.

The New Energy Industrial Technology and Development Organization (NEDO), a Japanese R&D organization, has partnered with Nissan and the Kanematsu Corporation to perform a study of EV use patterns in Northern California.

With the help of the California state government, and charging network operator NRG eVgo, the companies will install quick chargers at suitable locations along intercity freeways. Nissan and Kanematsu will collect and analyze usage information. Nissan is now selling the LEAF in some 40 countries, and its Global Data Center is collecting data to paint a broad picture of worldwide EV driving and charging patterns.

Kanematsu will provide real-time information services to EV users, and investigate potential business applications for EV-related real-time data.

Source: Nissan via Green Car Congress