Practical/Social infrastructure (Mobility ~ Connected City)

MASUDA Taizo

doi:10.11470/oubutsu.90.12_758

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実用／社会インフラ（モビリティ～コネクティッド・シティ）
ジツヨウ/シャカイインフラ(モビリティ~コネクティッド・シティ)

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<p>Global production and ownership of automobiles continues to increase mainly due to economic development in emerging countries. In the automobile industry, we are accelerating the development of environmental friendly vehicles such as hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, and battery electric vehicles, and are working to reduce CO₂ emissions from automobiles. Since the electric vehicles are equipped with batteries that are suitable to store the power that is generated from renewable energy, it is desirable to install power generation technologies that use renewable energy as a power source. For example, installing photovoltaic modules in automobiles and supplying running energy with sunlight has attracted attention in recent years. In this paper, we explain the advantages of the installation of photovoltaic modules in passenger cars, using simulations that are based on actual driving data and the measured results of public road driving tests. An example of a new mobility society that can be expected to be realized by utilizing automobiles equipped with photovoltaic modules as part of social infrastructure is also introduced.</p>

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Oyo Buturi

Oyo Buturi 90 (12), 758-762, 2021-12-01

The Japan Society of Applied Physics