Approaching threat of global warming, atmospheric pollution issued by cars which have no solution and soaring petroleum pricescKeio University hopes to solve those issues by any way. Aiming a drastic solution, we have continued to develop of electric vehicles which have high quality and multipurpose usage.

In 39th Tokyo Motor Show, Keio University will introduce the latest electric vehicle Eliica. This uses lithium-ion battery as a power source and also innovated new concept called integrated platform. Besides keeping a sedan type vehicle space, it achieved the maximum speed of 370km/h.
Though the speed of 370km/h itself does not have any meaning for practical use, it is the point that electric vehicles had to reach out to prove its practicability and safety. Acceleration time from 0km/h to 100km/h is 4.1seconds and 0km/h to 160km/h takes only 7.0seconds. This acceleration performance is beyond that of a commercialized premium sports car. Moreover, it has an amazing acceleration from low velocity to high velocity. This acceleration feel is what car technology could not invent in 100years. For that the energy consumption is low, electricity expense is also unbelievably cheap such as costing only 1yen per 1km if you adopt night time electricity.
Since Eliica innovated lithium-ion battery and invented totally new and original structure named integrated platform, it enabled high quality and wide space that none of gasoline car has ever offered.


Regarding Eliica as a beginning, we believe that in near future, many kinds of electric vehicles will be running on the roads.
To read more detailed information, please acceess to eliica.com.

Eliica project is an industry-university cooperative project composed from 35 environmentally conscious companies such as Eneserve Corporation, Daiwa House Industry Corporation, Ltd., Yellow Hat, Ltd., and from research staff and students of the Keio University.

* ENESERVE@CORPORATION
* DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
* Sumitomo Heavy Industries,Ltd.(SHI)
* Yellow Hat Ltd.
* Bridgestone Corporation
* GS Yuasa Corporation
* SHOWA CORPORATION
* Tokyo R&D Co., Ltd.
* Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
* SMBC Leasing Company, Limited
* Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance CompanyCLimited
* MEIDENSHA CORPORATION.
* Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd
* KOYO SEIKO CO.,LTD
* Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
* Techno Industry Ltd.
* SANKO KIKI CO., LTD.
* KAWASHIMA TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS LTD.
* AKEBONO BRAKE INDUSTRY CO.CLTD.
* NOK CORPORATION
* WACO GIKEN CO., LTD.
* STANLEY ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
* NHK SPRING CO., LTD.
* TAKATA
* PIONEER CORPORATION
* AISIN SEIKI CO.,LTD.
* OKUBO GEAR CO.,LTD.
* FUJI TECHNICA
* Katayama Planning Corporation
* YAZAKI CORPORATION.