Climate ChangeTokyo wants 150 times as many EV chargers at apartments in 2030
Residential charging seen as key to Japanese capital's electrification goal
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is pushing for the installation of electric vehicle charging stations at condo parking lots. (Photo by Naoyuki Kozuki)
NAOYUKI KOZUKI, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- Japan's capital will more than double certain subsidies for residential electrical-vehicle chargers next year as part of an effort to increase the number available at apartment buildings 150-fold in less than a decade, albeit from a low base.