The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) and the Transport Department, Government of NCT of Delhi in India have been carrying out a demonstration project, which is called International Demonstration Project on Japan’s Energy Efficiency Technologies, on an IT operation support system (hereinafter called “the IT system”) for e-mobility (electric vehicles) with the aim of improving passenger’s convenience and transportation efficiency in the section from the nearest station to the destination or from a point of departure to the nearest station (hereinafter called ” last mile transportation”). As part of it, Panasonic Holdings Corporation (Panasonic HD), a subsidized company for the project, and ETO Motors Private Limited (ETO Motors), a local cooperating company, have jointly completed introduction of the IT system and started demonstration operation in October.

The demonstration operation is to verify enhancement of both passenger’s convenience and transportation efficiency by introducing and operating the IT system for the e-mobility between departure points or destination points and Kalkaji Mandir Delhi metro station in addition to three other nearby stations (Okhla NSIC, Nehru Enclave and Nehru Place). And the project aims to increase the number of e-mobility and Delhi metro users for last mile transportation through the implementation of its outcome, and to improve traffic congestion and reducing greenhouse gas (hereinafter called “GHG”) emissions.

To mark the start of the demonstration operation, an opening ceremony was held today at the Convention Centre in Delhi, and all parties concerned attended from both India and Japan.