OREANDA-NEWS. Fujitsu Limited and venture start-up RESC, Ltd. announced that they have agreed to collaborate in developing an infrastructure system that integrates the fields of ICT and energy to help bring about a new electric vehicle society.

Under this agreement, the portable cassette-type secondary batteries used in RESC's electric scooters and the charging lockers that recharge them will be managed and analyzed by Fujitsu's cloud service that employs location data, the Fujitsu Intelligent Society Solution SPATIOWL. This will make it possible to monitor travel-related information, such as road traffic and vehicle statistics. Information on when the scooter batteries need to be charged, when they need to be replaced, and information on the location of replacement batteries and charging lockers, which are spread out in a variety of locations will also be available.

Given the further growth in demand anticipated for electric scooters, Fujitsu and RESC seek to help bring about a society in which renewable energy is utilized by using ICT to allay concerns about battery charging and replacement. As a first step, by 2015, they plan to roll out electric scooters with these batteries to delivery companies, along with the infrastructure system described above, building the foundation for a society in which electric vehicles are ubiquitous. By 2020, the system will be available to the general public.