The public testing of self-driving on-demand taxi service (“ridesharing service”) will commence in Japan in 2018, Nissan and its partner, the gaming software firm DeNA Co, have revealed.
A new carsharing service based around Nissan’s all-electric New Mobility Concept vehicles has launched in the City of Yokohama in Japan, according to a new press release from Nissan.
Panasonic Corporation and Nomura Real Estate Development Company recently, along with the Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town Council, revealed the concept plans for a new “smart town” that will be constructed in Tsunashima in the City of Yokohama, according to reports. The smart town — which, to give a better idea … [continued]
By Sam Stranks A new material has entered the emerging low-cost photovoltaics arena and is threatening to blow much of the existing competition away. Power conversion efficiencies (how efficiently incident sunlight is converted to electrical power) in perovskite-based solar cells have increased from a starting point of 3.8% in 2009 to a staggering … [continued]
A new partnership between Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and the City of Yokohama — Choimobie Yokohama — is the newest addition to the Yokohama Mobility Project ZERO program (YMPZ). The Japanese word describing the idea of ‘easy mobility’ is “Choimobi.” The YMPZ program intends to develop low-emission transportation possibilities for residents … [continued]
The Nissan-FedEx partnership has a new testing ground for Nissan’s all-electric e-NV200 commercial van – namely, the Yokohama area, starting […]
Japan is getting its first fleet of electric taxis, as Nissan starts an experimental project to solve […]
Electric cars have giant batteries (useful for a number of things besides driving the actual car, even). Also under consideration as the primary power source for electric cars (and buses, motorcycles, yachts, etc.) is the lithium ion capacitor.
