Akihabara News (Tokyo) — e-Mobility Power, the joint venture led by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) aiming to increase accessibility to electric vehicle charging stations across the nation, has revealed that it aims to double its number of quick chargers by 2025.
By that year, 13,000 quick chargers are expected to be available.
The firm is also experimenting with schemes to share quick chargers between multiple companies or organizations. The first test of such a system is currently underway in Minami-Alps city, Yamanashi Prefecture.
In addition to TEPCO, e-Mobility Power also receives backing from Chubu Electric Power (Chuden), Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi Motors, and the Development Bank of Japan.
TEPCO, the primary mother company, is also in the process of going electric with its own fleet of about 3,800 company vehicles. Currently, about 15% of these cars and trucks are EVs, but it aims to go 100% electric by the end of this decade.
In April, the company took over the Nippon Charge Service (NCS) operations and effectively provides one-stop charging for electric cars nationwide.
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