[SmartRyde Co., Ltd.] [SmartRyde] Starts development of EV services in partnership with MK Group Image
URL: SmartRyde Co., Ltd. Press release: September 30, 2024 [SmartRyde] Started developing EV services in partnership with MK Group Since 2019, SmartRyde Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Sota Kimura, hereinafter referred to as “SmartRyde”) has been providing airport transportation services at major airports in collaboration with MK Group companies. We have announced that in July 2024, we will provide an EV vehicle
specification service in some sections* upon entering into a contract with MK Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minami-ku, Kyoto City, Representative Director Hiroshi Maekawa, hereinafter referred to as “Kyoto MK”). Thank you. This initiative is in line with Kyoto MK’s SDGs goals of “all vehicles being ZEV by 2030” and SmartRyde’s “100% EV conversion of vehicles handled on the platform by 2030”, with both companies promoting the use of services using EV vehicles. By actively promoting this, we aim to popularize EV taxis and hire cars in Japan. Comment from Hiroshi Maekawa, Representative Director of MK Co., Ltd. MK Group operates airport shuttle taxis and hire cars at major airports across the country. We work with SmartRyde in various locations to provide transportation for many foreign visitors to Japan. In order to contribute to decarbonization as a taxi company, Kyoto MK aims to convert all its vehicles to ZEVs by 2030. We are grateful to be able to collaborate with SmartRyde as our SDGs goals and ours are the same. SmartRyde Co., Ltd. Representative Director Sota Kimura Comments We have received many inquiries from overseas business partners about the possibility of providing eco-friendly services in Japan, and we have been exploring ways to meet their needs. Under these circumstances, we strongly sympathize with the SDGs initiatives advocated by MK Group, and we are very happy to be able to work with them to develop the EV taxi service in Japan. We would like to make our business partners around the world aware of the taxi/hire service designated for EV vehicles and actively work to expand awareness and promote its use so that more customers can use it. Image
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/33576/37/33576-37-6682a9cfe48d7688846bc9f7e60523be-3900×2605.jpg About MK Group’s SDGs initiatives and conversion of all vehicles to ZEV https://www.mk-group.co.jp/about/sdgs_ev About SmartRyde’s SDGs goals (from 2023: Council for Inclusive Capitalism)
https://www.inclusivecapitalism.com/organization/smartryde-inc/#ev-service-in-asia Introduction of specific EV model: Hyundai Ionic 5 (IONIQ5) *Operating sections: Kansai International Airport ⇔ Kyoto City, Itami Airport ⇔ Kyoto City SmartRyde Co., Ltd. Company Profile ・Company name: SmartRyde Co., Ltd. ・Head office location: KDX Toranomon 1-chome Building 8F, 1-10-5 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo ・Representative Director: Sota Kimura ・Date of establishment: March 27, 2017 ・Corporate site: https://www.smartryde.io/