June 5, 2013 EV&PHV Symposium (Tokyo Big Sight) Briefing handout
Industrial Support Division, Kumamoto Prefecture

Kumamoto Prefecture’s Visions forDevelopment of Charging Infrastructures for
Next Generation Personal Mobility

Outline of Kumamoto Prefecture (1)Population: Approx. 1,817,000(2010 National Consensus)
Area:Approx. 7,404 km2 (as above)
Municipal : 45 municipalities(14 cities, 23 towns, 8 villages)
No. of regions: 11 regions

Outline of Kumamoto Prefecture (2)① Kumamoto Castle③ Mount Aso②Okoshiki
Beach , Uto①②③

Efforts to Date
○August 2010 - Kumamoto Prefecture and Honda enter an agreement to performtesting of next-generation mobility within the region.
○December 2010 - Makes an early start on efforts to disseminate electric vehicles
such as planning of the EV&PHV Town Initiatives in Kumamoto Prefecture(authorized by METI).

◆ In this situation , the prefecture has been promoting the use of chargers, by installing the chargers
owned by the prefecture in the public facilities, such as roadside stations, which are not owned by theprefecture.
[EV & PHV Town Concept]◆Normal Chargers : about 80 locations installed mainly to public facilities (e.g. roadside stations)◆Quick Chargers : about 10 locations installed in each municipality[2011 “Concept of Installation plan”] (Internal policy)◇ Normal Chargers : Introduce a point system for the locations andthe number of installed chargers by regions◇ Quick Chargers : Set the priority order of candidate facilities and areas(prioritize selected areas of demonstration)
Systematic installations carried out before current planning of visions

Visions (1)～Outline～

1. The Development of Charging Infrastructures for Next Generation
Personal Mobility project conforms to the EV & PHV Town Concept,
and is scheduled to continue to 2020.
2. The target number of chargers to be installed in 2020 is 550 units
or more, based on the forecast that 15,000 EVs will be running in theprefecture in the year. (of which , 110 or more quick chargers)
3. Distribute 550 units amongst municipals. Other than population,
take into account details such as prefectural borders, tourist spots,transportation hubs, etc. when calculating distribution method.
4. 404 units, which is the number left after subtracting the 146 units
already installed from the 550 units, shall be used as the targeted
number to be installed in the future.

Visions (2)Contents

Kumamoto Prefecture’s Visions
for Development of Charging
Infrastructures for Next
Generation Personal Mobility

1. Purpose of drawing up visions
2. Duration of planning
3. Outline of Town Initiatives
4. Building of charging infrastructures todate
5. Building of charging infrastructures inthe future
6. Efforts for realizing visions

May 2013
Kumamoto Prefecture

Data1. Map of Kumamoto Prefecture
Data2. Map of Kumamoto Prefecture
Municipals

Drawn up May 2, 2013 (Visions approved as 004) Industrial Support Division

Visions (3)1. Purpose of drawing up visions○Based on the achievements made in Kumamoto
Prefecture to date in METI’s 2012 project, promote thedevelopment of infrastructures by the private sector, andaccelerate efforts for realizing the “Next Generation
Personal Mobility Society” throughout the prefecture.

2. Duration of planning○ FY 2013 - End of FY 2020

Visions (4)3. Outline of Town Concept
Construct a model of the next generation personal
Target mobility society in the region suited to a low carbon
society throughout generations.
○ Three directions: “Creation of initial demands” , “dissemination
and awareness raising”, and “development of infrastructures”.
○ 【No. of cars running 】
2013 – 300 EVs & PHVs / 1,000 Electric Motorcycles
2020 – 15,000 EV & PHVs
2050 – 67,000 EV & PHVs
【No. of charging infrastructures installed】
80 normal chargers and 10 quick chargers

Visions (5)4. Charging infrastructures installed to date
[Normal chargers] Target 80 locations [Quick chargers] Target about 10 locations(Installed in prefecture : 2011 - 2013)(Installed in prefecture : 2011 - 2013)）○Set estimated number to installed○About 1 location per regions
per region taking into account living
area of the people, facilities often used,
number of households and area of the11 regions, etc.

As of May 2013
No. confirmed to be installed inKumamoto Prefecture and otherprefectures
Normal chargers:
125 locations
Rapid chargers:
21 locations
Total:
146 locations

Visions (6)5. Development of Charging Infrastructures○ Target number of public chargers to be installed is set taking
into account spread of EVs aimed at for 2020 (15,000 EVs)
No. of chargers

550 units or more

【500 units】 Current number ofcars and lubricators○Divide with population ofmunicipals (correlation with spreadof cars)○Adjust to 4 units at the least

Of which 110 or more
rapid chargers(more than 20% of total)【50 units】 Users from other prefectures○Border between prefectures (linkedby national roads)○Tourist spots (Mount Aso area)○Transportation (Airports, Shinkansenstations)

Number of units to be installed are decided for each municipal

Visions (7)Overall Target
No. already installed
No. installed in future
全体目標
既設置数
今後設置数
Ａ市 ○○
▲▲××
Ｂ町 ◎◎△△◆◆
Ｃ村 □□▽▽※※＊＊ ・・・・・・・・・Total合計
550146404（急速又は普通充電器）(Quick or Normal Chargers)【 Vision List (Except) 】
Installed
Location
設置場所

Area
設置
Installed
エリアinRegion
地域

Municipal
市町村名

1

熊本
Kumamoto

2

充電器種類
Typeof Charger

No.基数
of Units

熊本市
Kumamoto-shi

急速又は普通充電器
Quick or Normal Charger

140

Yatsushiro
八代

Yatsushiro-shi
八代市

Quick or Normal Charger
急速又は普通充電器

193

球磨

人吉市

急速又は普通充電器

644

Kuma
球磨

Asagiri-cho
あさぎり町

Quick or Normal Charger
急速又は普通充電器

445

Amakusa
天草Reihoku-cho
苓北町Quick or Normal Charger
急速又は普通充電器

4合計
TOTAL404

Visions (8)6. Toward the realization of visions○ Firm installation of chargers scheduled to be installed
80 normal chargers planned for installation→ About 30 more left to be installed
10 quick chargers planned for installation→ About 5 more left to be installed○ Promote installation of chargers by private sector
Holding of briefings for private enterprises (May 2013)○ Dissemination and awareness raising through demonstrationand test drives, etc.

Others (Information)○ “Design Guide for Kumamoto Prefecture EV Charger Signs”
compiled jointly by industry, academia and government(Can be downloaded from prefecture’s website (Industrial Support Division))【List of pictograms 】 (Examples)Thank you for your kind attention