02/07/2008 22:22. Mitsubishi Corp and the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced that they will cooperate on the development of infrastructure systems for charging electric vehicles with renewable energy.

To reduce the consumption of thermal and atomic power, the two parties plan to develop a system to charge electric vehicles with power generated by renewable energy such as sunlight, solar heat and wind power. And they aim to establish an infrastructure system that can reduce the total environmental load from the time of power generation to the time of driving.

In the field test, photovoltaic panels, a solar thermal power generator, a power receiving system for electricity generated by wind power, a power control system and a charging post will be installed on the Ohokayama Campus of the Tokyo... // Tech-On English