DENSO CORPORATION introduced Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) and a Vehicle to Everything (V2X) system at its headquarters (Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture) and started a demonstration experiment focusing on transportation and decarbonization of office operations using BEVs in June 2024. This system leverages DENSO’s expertise in control technology and quality control from their experience in developing automotive parts.

The Photovoltaic (PV) system comprises solar panels, regular battery chargers, V2H-chargeing/discharging units, stationary storage battery system manufactured by Toyota Motor Corporation, approximately 20 company-owned BEVs, and off-site solar power generation equipment. The system installed in the headquarters is to examine the optimization of charging/discharging control.

By optimizing the use of electricity between PV system (on-site and off-site), company-owned BEVs and stationary storage batteries, PV electricity is supplied to the main building of the headquarters and recharging the company-owned battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and the stationary storage batteries when surplus electricity is generated during the day.

At night, the stored electricity will be discharged to the main building, thereby the self-consumption rate of renewable energy.