Now electric cars are booming. Nissan released Leaf and Mitsubishi iMiev is on sale.

In addition, a venture company becomes into this market.


Takayanagi produces and sell a retro styled electric car Miluira for a person, Its 90% including motor is handmade. One charge needs 8 hours and run 30km with 60km/h speed. Its price is 6300 thousand JPY (60 thousand dollar).


It may be high but suitable for hobby.

Now it is popular to see a house with solar cell. And a fuel cell Enefarm is being equipped with house. PanaHome announced that they develop a new type house with University of Tokyo which does NOT emit CO2 into the atmosphere. They will build a test house in Higashioumi city Shiga prefecture. The house will have a fuel cell and solar cell to generate electricity. And the electric power will be saved into Li-ion cell to be occasionally used. In addition, it has LED lights and some heat insulation material to save the electric power. A future type house is coming.