June 26, 2023
On June 23 (Fri.), 2023, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) held the First Meeting of the Study Group for Promoting Development of Battery-Charging Infrastructure.
Background
Japan has set a goal for all sales of new passenger vehicles by 2035 to be of electrified vehicles. It will encourage both the widespread adoption of clean energy vehicles and the installation of battery chargers and other infrastructure as the twin drivers of this goal. A further target for the battery-charging infrastructure to support this is to install 150,000 battery chargers by 2030, including 30,000 units of quick battery chargers for public use.
*Note: Electrified vehicles include: electric vehicles (EVs), fuel cell electric vehicles (FCVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs).
Battery chargers are inextricably linked to the widespread adoption of electrified vehicles. METI decided to launch this study group and start discussions in order to share with stakeholders prospects for the development of battery-charging infrastructure that is highly convenient and sustainable over the medium- to long-term. These discussions will take in the potential for increasing adoption of electrified vehicles, improvements in their performance, and other factors, thereby identifying measures to be taken to solve the challenges involved.
Overview
At the first meeting of the study group on June 23, 2023, the Secretariat presented points of discussion about a roadmap for developing battery charging infrastructure. In response, members of the study group offered their opinions.
METI will conduct interviews with each of the participants and, based on these, will formulate a roadmap for developing battery charging infrastructure.
For scenes from the meeting and its accompanying materials, visit here.
Moreover, a summary of minutes of the meeting will be posted on the METI website at a later date.