http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201806060012.html ‘Made-in-Kyoto’ electric car proudly hails local suppliers June 6, 2018 Hiroki Ito, Hikaru Nakamura
[images / Hikaru Nakamura http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20180605004780_comm.jpg The Tommykaira ZZ concept electric car is on display at the Automotive Engineering Exposition held in Yokohama in May http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20180605004782_commL.jpg The Tommykaira ZZ’s dashboard features Kyocera Corp.’s technologies http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20180605004784_commL.jpg The Tommykaira ZZ is equipped with a side-view camera instead of a conventional side mirror http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20180605004785_commL.jpg Images captured by a side-view camera can be seen on a dashboard screen http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20180605004786_commL.jpg Images captured by a camera on the back of the Tommykaira ZZ are displayed on a monitor above the windshield http://www.asahicom.jp/ajw/articles/images/AS20180605004787_commL.jpg ] KYOTO--Japan’s ancient capital could be on the road to becoming the future capital of the electric vehicles world. Kyocera Corp. has teamed with a local start-up to produce an electric car that could be called almost entirely a product of Kyoto. A white Tommykaira ZZ sports car was displayed in the booth set up by Kyocera, an electronic parts maker based in Kyoto, during the Automotive Engineering Exposition held in Yokohama in May. With a maximum speed of 180 kph, the concept electric car built with GLM Co., which has its roots in Kyoto University, can accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in only 3.9 seconds. Kyocera provided its technologies in 12 categories, including in electronic rear-view mirrors and liquid crystal display meters. Kyocera has been manufacturing auto components, such as heaters and sensors, by drawing on its expertise in ceramics processing, its “founding core” technology. This time around, the company was involved from the very process of car design instead of simply receiving orders from an automaker. “Our experience in creating the car from scratch has allowed our developers on the front lines to build up their capacity,” said Masahiro Inagaki, general manager of Kyocera’s Corporate R&D Group. The company has plans for pitching its electronic parts to major automakers. “(The electric vehicles market) would allow us to count on stable earnings, although there are high barriers to entry,” a Kyocera representative said. The concept car is also decked out all over with products of other Kyoto-based manufacturers, such as GS Yuasa Corp.’s lithium-ion battery, Omron Corp.’s power relay that functions as a power switch for the battery, and Nichicon Corp.’s voltage converter. GLM put its Tommykaira ZZ on sale in 2014 in a limited quantity of only 99 units. It provided a unit of that model for the joint project with Kyocera. Apart from GLM’s partners, a number of other Kyoto-based electronic parts makers are also eager to cash in on the growing market of electric vehicles. Murata Manufacturing Co. plans to invest a maximum of 100 billion yen ($916 million) in setting up a system for increasing the output of components being used extensively in cars. Rohm Co. is pitching the sale of energy-efficient semiconductors for use in automobiles. Nidec Corp. has plans for investing 200 billion yen during the next three years to build, among other things, a plant for electric vehicle motors. It expects to earn up to 1 trillion yen in the auto sector alone in fiscal 2020. “The opportunity (being presented by the electric vehicles market) is the biggest we have seen since the time of our foundation,” said Shigenobu Nagamori, Nidec president and CEO. [© Asahi Shimbun] http://www.eeyuva.com/new-cars-and-bikes/kyocera-and-glm-develops-tommy-kaira-zz-electric-concept-car-Aut_6d964d535 Kyocera And GLM Develops Tommy Kaira ZZ Electric Concept Car ... With the vast popularity of electric cars, more and more manufacturers are starting to produce electric cars. A Japanese multinational ceramic and electronics ... http://pics.eeyuva.com/uploads/editorimages/images/2018/May/31/Tommy-Kaira-ZZ-Electric-Concept-Car.jpg ... [video 2017 Tommykaira ZZ EV Sports Car - World's-First Polycarbonate ... 1:01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=synbCBvdJ1Y Jun 28, 2017 - Uploaded by Auto Mania ... for use in the Tommykaira ZZ, a sporty electric vehicle (EV) produced by GLM Co., Ltd., an EV manufacturer ... ] + https://www.technologydecisions.com.au/content/gov-tech-review/news/tasmania-awards-electric-vehicle-charging-grants-398747976 Tasmania awards electric vehicle charging grants 08 June, 2018 The Tasmanian Government has awarded $50,000 in grants for electric vehicle charging station deployments. The government's ChargeSmart program provides one-off funding of up to $5000 for workplaces to install charging stations for use by their employees, in order to encourage uptake of electric vehicles ... 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