Business alliance with a partner company to support the widespread adoption of EVs

In FY2024, we signed a business alliance agreement with GO, which operates a taxi-hailing app and other services, with the aim of solving issues related to the installation of EV charging infrastructure for companies. As part of our collaboration with GO, we are considering providing charging services to customers who are unable to install chargers in their parking lots for various reasons. Specifically, we conducted a demonstration experiment at our Yokohama Branch to verify the feasibility of introducing and operating EVs utilizing GO’s charging service (route charging) to be installed throughout the city. We are currently formulating measures to address the issues identified in the experiment, with the aim of providing customers with new, high-value-added services in view of the wider adoption of EVs.