March 15, 2010

Establishment of CHAdeMO Association

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY
MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION
FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES Ltd.
THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.

TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (Toyota), NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY (Nissan), MITSUBISHI MOTORS CORPORATION (Mitsubishi Motors), FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES Ltd. (Fuji Heavy Industries), and THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC.(TEPCO), have formally established "CHAdeMO Association" under the resolution of its general assembly held today. The five companies above have become its executive members.

CHAdeMO Association aims to increase quick-charger installations worldwide indispensable to further diffusion of electric vehicles and to standardize how to charge the vehicles. Last August, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries, and TEPCO started a preparatory committee. Then, TOYOTA joined the committee and the Association has been established with the five companies as its executive members.

As of today, 158 business entities and government bodies including 20 foreign companies are expected to join the Association, such as automakers, electric utilities, charger manufacturers, charging service providers, and other supporting groups.

Electric vehicles(including Plug In Hybrid electric vehicles) can contribute enormously to reduction of CO2 emissions in the transportation sector. The Association is going to promote the electric vehicles through the efforts of technical improvements of quick chargers, standardization activities of charging methods, and international extension of our knowledge related to quick-charger installations.

[Inquiries]

	-NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
	Global Communications & CSR	: +81-45-523-5552
	-TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
	Public Affairs Division,	: +81-3-3817-9161
	-Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
	Public Relations Department	: +81-3-6852-4274
	-FUJI HEAVY INDUSTRIES Ltd.
	Corporate Communications Department	: +81-3-3347-2029
	-THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.
	Corporate Communications Department	: +81-3-6373-1111
	-CHAdeMO Association	: +81-45-633-4532

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General Outline of "CHAdeMO Association"

1. What is "CHAdeMO"?

"CHAdeMO" is a trade name of quick charging method that this Association is proposing globally as an industry standard.
"CHAdeMO" is an abbreviation of "CHArge de MOve", equivalent to "charge for moving", and is a pun for "O cha demo ikaga desuka" in Japanese, meaning "Let´s have a tea while charging" in English.

This logo means smiles which associate a bright future and happiness with a combination of the circuit symbol of batteryrepresenting "Charge", and a dynamic curving linerepresenting "Move".
This ecological green is the color of "Green Tea".

2. Structure of the Association

President: Tsunehisa Katsumata

(Chairman, THE TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.)

Meeting	Meeting Frequency	Activity
General Assembly(GA)	Once/ fiscal year	- Approval of action plan and activity report including fiscal report
Executive Board(EB)	As needed	- Decision of matters related to management and operation of the Association
Technology Workshop(TW)	As needed	- Certification work of quick chargers compatible with CHAdeMO Protocol - Revision of standard specifications - Involvement for international standardization activities through representative body of each country
Infrastructure Workshop(IW)	As needed	- Sharing information regarding installation and maintenance of quick chargers among Members - Reviewing and sharing information regarding development and installation of normal/quick charging infrastructure

3. Member classes and roles

Member Class	Roles	Participable Meeting
		GA	EB	TW	IW
Executive Members	Members managing operation of this Association
Regular Members	Members consisting of automakers and charger manufacturers, that develop and manufacture products compatible with CHAdeMO Protocol
Supporting Members	Members supporting this Association’s prospectus and cooperating in expediting the installation of charging infrastructure
Observers	Entities like central or local government bodies or other organizations supporting the Association’s activities	*

*: no voting rights