What is the world's fastest monster EV "Owl" development project in progress in Tochigi?

Electric vehicles (EV) with the world's highest accelerating performance are being developed in some parts of Tochigi prefecture. Moreover, it is the company which is not an automobile related manufacturer to develop, literally saying that it will aim for world record in just a few years from zero. I've been interviewing what it is all about super EV with the flying 2 seconds from the stopped state to 100 km / h.

Aspark of temporary staffing / referral development development
https://www.aspark.co.jp/

When arriving at a designated place near Shin - Kanuma station, it was a family house.


When asked, it certainly is here that it is a development base for the EV project of Aspark Co., Ltd. Start infiltration at once.


◆ Developer Interview (Part 1)
I have asked developers about various development projects of the world's fastest EV. Mr. Masamichi Yoshida, CEO of Aspark Co., Ltd., Mr. Masami Shimazaki of Project Manager from the left front row, Mr. Kiyonobu Kawanaka and Kyosuke Nishimura from the left side of the back row.


GIGAZINE (hereinafter referred to as "G"):
I heard that they are making the world's fastest electric vehicle (EV). First of all, please tell me the chance to start the project.

Masamichi Yoshida (hereinafter referred to as "Yoshida"):
I am currently managing a temporary staffing company for engineers, but originally I thought that I would like to make things. Of course, I could not start in a state without anything, so it was job of temporary staffing to happen that it was good to learn the technology in various places and then create things.

Considering the scale of the company and the number of engineers, it was only about two or three years ago that we finally could invest. At that time, as a result of thinking variously, such as whether to make a robot, make an airplane, or make a car, it became a car. Because there were many members who are developing automobiles by our manufacturers to our technicians, and I also liked the rides. I first decided to make a car and started from there.

However, I just have to make a business with no good simply by making a car. I would like to make things as a business rather than a hobby. There are some "titles" to make automobiles as a business even if they are late, weak and small. After all I want the title "the world's best". Because I liked sports cars since I was a child, I wanted to make a quick car, after all I wanted a quick car, and it became.


G:
I need the fastest speed in the world.

Yoshida:
Yes. From the beginning, I had an image of "the world's fastest car". I told Mr. Shimazaki, "Speed" is said to be the highest speed and acceleration, but I was told which is it, 300 kilometers per hour, 400 kilometers per hour has no meaning as a reality problem I thought. Because there is hardly an environment that you can try at the fastest speed in Japan, as well as in the world. In that case, we decided to accelerate and aim to become the world's best with "0-100 (zero huge)" (time from stop to 100 km / h).

Besides, I thought that there was also the aspect that the highest acceleration was easier to understand. Starting in Yeodon, putting a Ferrari in front of him is a painful and fun way.

G:
It is said that it is faster than F - 1. The driver that makes you run seems to be quite ... ....

Masami Shimazaki (hereinafter referred to as "Shimazaki"):
It must be hard. I think that the body sticks to the seat.

G:
Aspark of temporary staffing company is from zero to EV, that is to make EV of the world fastest acceleration, right? Did you have confidence that you could do not only human resources but also technology?

Yoshida:
I met Mr. Shimazaki about two years ago. At that time there was already a plan to make a car with the highest acceleration in the world. So I will tell Mr. Shimazaki "I will build a car with my company, I will make an electric car, so please do it together." Then I asked Ms. Shimazaki to say "I understand" I was asked to join the company. Then ...

Shimazaki:
I was in a state of nothing at all (bitter smile) When asked "What is a member?", The president is "(I) alone." I was already surprised.

Mr. Shimazaki from a domestic major automobile manufacturer.


Yoshida:
The lie is not on. Because I was studying variously among me.

Shimazaki:
On the homepage of Aspark was "Develop EV", but there was nothing (laugh)

Yoshida:
I'm strong about pulling with people. Meeting Shimazaki-san, I consulted with you what to make from the state of zero, and finally decided to make EV with the world's fastest acceleration.

Shimazaki:
Initially, I suggested "agricultural equipment" because I must do business.

G:
Agricultural machinery. Is it like a tractor?

Shimazaki:
That's right. There might be a demand for making electric tractors for agriculture to electric cars, or might it be a business. However, as I suggested, the president was told "Yada". Immediately, it is dismissal (haha)

Yoshida:
I answered that I was not interested at all.

Shimazaki:
When I was a car maker, I was doing what kind of target as a business, what kind of things I made, how profit goes up. So there are opportunities for farm equipment? Think ...

G:
Initially, did not tell that "the world's fastest car"?

Yoshida:
Yes. So, when saying "I want to make a fast car a sports car," Mr. Shimazaki said, "Such a thing can not be sold, it is impossible, let me investigate." Please check it for a month. Did you waste it for a month for that?


Shimazaki:
Never in vain ... ....

Yoshida:
I said "There is absolutely nobody to buy", but say, "I do not understand if I do not investigate." It is like a waste in that one month.

Shimazaki:
It was also necessary to organize my mind (laugh) So, I examined the target audience and found out that the president of venture companies like cars. Just like a super car generation, the success of generations from the early 40s has many car lovers. After examining it, I realized that "Ah, there is a market." It is the same as the president of Uchi, there are people who like such cars. If it is possible then the sports car can run, and gradually turns into confidence.

G:
As a maximum acceleration, how was the standard "0 - 100 2 seconds" determined?

Yoshida:
I examined fast cars 0-100, and initially I said "About 1.5 seconds (target)".

G:
1.5 seconds! Is it? Excuse me, is that supposed to be ...?

Yoshida:
0-100 Acceleration record has been stopped for 2.5 seconds from around 10 years ago, and somehow, I think that fast cars will be born one after another, I think that speed competition will start. If it did, I said "1.5 seconds" as the goal of Dantotsu so that I can win. Then, everyone around me got an order like "Tire ......" and so on, so we compromised and became "in 2 seconds".

G:
It's 2 seconds compromised! Is it?

Yoshida:
Yes. I still want 1.99 seconds to go out.

G:
Even in that Veyron 0 - 100 is 2.5 seconds, is it 2 seconds off ... ?.

Yoshida:
But I think that will come out either. Someday it will come out. I want to avoid having their records recorded earlier and their cars becoming dishonest. Since that is a risk, there is a desire to complete it as soon as possible.

G:
0-100 I heard that the time limit for achieving acceleration 2 seconds is "2017". I feel that it is rather short as the period of EV development, but why have you decided the deadline?

Yoshida:
As I said earlier, the first "risk" I think is that cars are faster than the EV we developed. Since I really want to go get the title "the world's best", even if we achieve 2 seconds, if the world comes out with a 1.9 second car, it makes no sense at all. If we achieve the world's best and further sell the EV, the schedule is forced to be ahead of schedule.

G:
How did Mr. Shimazaki feel about Yoshida says "2 seconds"?

Shimazaki:
I thought it was impossible. Especially when I joined the company two years ago, my company was not a piece of paper (material). From there it is the best in the world.


G:
It is the best in the world from nothing .... How did you follow the EV development project that started with Mr. Yoshida and Shimazaki?

Yoshida:
Naturally, there was no way I could make it with aspark alone, I asked Shimazaki for a person or company to cooperate, and I approached various places. I took all the means of telephone, e-mail, but a pretty good reply has not come back.

G:
Is that a reckless story too?

Shimazaki:
There were parts that did not make me a partner.

Yoshida:
Talking to quite a few companies, I received a reply from several companies. And, although I started developing with a company, I started to develop, but when I actually made it I was told that "it is impossible". It is technically difficult. It has been upgraded. As I was doing it again, I reappeared to various companies,Ikeya FormulaSan said, "Something interesting, really do you?" When answering "I do it as a business rather than a hobby," he said, "I understand, let's do it."

"Ikeya Formula" exhibited at Tokyo Motor Show 2013 "IF-02RDS". Ikeya Formula is a group of engineers who gather attention from automobile people around the world as well as domestic car manufacturers.


Yoshida:
However, at that point I think that Ikeya Formula was also saying "I really do ... ...." So, in the summer of 2015 I borrowed this building in the immediate vicinity of Ikeya Formula.

G:
At that time in Tochigi there was no Aspark office, did you?

Yoshida:
Not. This is for EV.

G:
It is transmitted that it is serious.

Yoshida:
When borrowed here, Ikeya Formula was told to 'Mr. Ah, it is true' (laugh)


◆ Visit Ikeya Formula
So, I transferred the place to Ikeya Formula near the development base of Aspark, I asked the development team of Ikeya Formula to participate and talked about it.


Ikeya Formula Co., Ltd.
http://www.ikeya-f.co.jp/


A member who participates in the world's highest acceleration project that responded to the interview. From the front row left, Mr. Hideo Horie of Eagle Giken, Mr. Masao Teraoka of Ikeya Formula, the second from the left in the back row, Mr. Kaoru Mashima of Ikeya Formula, Mr. Nobuyuki Iketani of Ikeya Formula representative the second from the back row.


G:
I heard that Tag of Aspark and Ikeya Formula is developing EV of the world highest acceleration. Please tell me the development situation of the machine.

Mr. Shinji Ikeya (hereinafter referred to as "Ikeya"):
I heard that a company from a major manufacturer of EV related companies is about to make the highest accelerated EV. I heard the rumor that it is doing awesome things. Later, Mr. Shimazaki told me that there is such a plan. I never thought that I would do it in my house, but I feel like I started moving in the meantime.

The final goal of Mr. Aspark and Uchiya (Ikeya Formula) in this project is to "say the world is". 0-100 "2 seconds" The wall is very difficult. If it is a small car, if it is a car with a car rating, 2 seconds is very difficult and it is impossible to do ordinary things. Furthermore, I am making various mechanisms while thinking about the future of "0-100 · 2 seconds".

G:
Is it possible to switch to not only the mode of 0-100 · 2 seconds but also the mode that can run normally?

Mr. Masao Teraoka (hereinafter referred to as "Teraoka"
Of course I suppose. Rather than redoing all the mechanisms, we are designing to take advantage of the technology that realized the highest acceleration and proceed to the next step.

Hideo Horie (hereinafter referred to as "Horie"):
How to use energy is completely different between the car with a cruising range of 300 kilometers and the car running at the highest acceleration for only 2 seconds, but the point that you must make "light and strong" is exactly the same.

Teraoka:
In the EV world there are two concepts "power density" and "energy density". Briefly, "energy density" is how much energy per unit weight you have. However, even if you have a lot of energy, you can not achieve maximum acceleration if you can only get out little by little. Therefore, "power density" of how much energy can be output per unit time becomes important. At the moment, there is no one in the world that has both energy density and power density both in high dimensions. Therefore, advanced research that satisfies both is required.

If you can balance energy density and power density, the world will be convenient. Mass media thinks "Electric cars are very good," but it is actually like "unreasonable chunks". As of now, it is unreasonable chunk. It's not good for the environment either. However, if EVs capable of achieving both energy density and power density can be created, there is a possibility that electric cars that are good for the environment can be realized in a true sense.


Ikeya:
Now the battery is evolving with great momentum. It is like the situation where a new system comes out next month. I have chased it all the while.

Horie:
The EV has a shorter cruising distance when heating and cooling inside the car is effective. Energy of heating and cooling is bigger than running energy. Especially air conditioning is severe. When you become "can only run 20 kilometers more", you have to cut off heating and cooling. The era of electric cars will not come unless you can not do batteries with energy density three times better.

Teraoka:
In the current forecast, it is dominated that the EV penetration rate after 10 years is 1%. Aspark's engineers are running about the laboratories of universities in Japan to gather information, but if you can build a battery that combines energy density and power density, this number can change drastically.

G:
Does that mean that the theory part is great in the development of the world's fastest EV?

Ikeya:
In the development, I am doing the method that was right for the reason. To some extent, we make a form that realizes 2 seconds theoretically, and we actually do manufacturing. However, there are many places I can not see yet, but I am thinking to solve them one by one.

Yoshida:
The experiment of such a power unit (power part) and the design of the car body design are done in parallel. Once the body design is decided, the development of the car body is done, then the power unit is placed. Tests on whether cars with framework only, 0-100 · 2 seconds can be put out will be done in June and July 2016.

Teraoka:
We are doing a preliminary test of turning the flywheel equivalent to the mass of the car for 2 seconds in order to demonstrate whether it is physically possible before actually running. How to tell the tire the energy we delivered can be handled with existing technology.

Ikeya:
I will do the production of the car with us, but I hope to make the best use of your power and let the world say. The goal is not to have much deadline, to achieve 2 seconds and to exhibit at the motor show next year (FY 2017).

G:
Is the motor show is Tokyo? Is it overseas?

Yoshida:
Of course I am thinking about Tokyo, but there are also possibilities overseas. Dubai or something.

G:
Is not it possible to sell in Japan due to problems such as regulations?

Yoshida:
It is a matter of purchasing layer than that.

G:
Does that mean that people who can buy a super price car of a tremendous price as a hobby become the Middle East?

Yoshida:
Yes.

Ikeya:
There is no doubt (I love cars in that layer). A car of this lineage is a certain kind, "the world that makes money" the world. Be eligible for investment. There are more people who have already ordered the car "IF - 02 RDS" which we exhibited at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show. Everyone please do not ask the price (lol)

One-fifth model of IF-02RDS.


G:
There is an amazing world, is not it? By the way Do you know the name of the EV you develop? It is good at codename level, though.

Yoshida:
I am still worrying .... At first I wanted to be Atalante. The fastest goddess in the world that comes out in Greek mythology. However, there was already a car called Atalante. About 100 years ago. Because I do not want to be disinfected,OwlI am thinking about making it. It will be a quiet car. I have been suffering for a long time yet, though ....

Image of Aur (tentative name). It seems that this image is almost like the final design.


In addition to serious technical theory collisions, we had a little tour of the development site of the power unit after Owl development consultation full of laughter.


· Experiment tour
Ikeya formula The experimental equipment of the power unit placed in one corner of the premises.


There is a 40 kilogram flywheel in the green metal case, and it is said to rotate it with a motor.


Preparing for experiment.


This is a battery. It is said that energy for 100 batters of this box is stored. It means that 500 thunder lightning becomes kinetic energy in a moment.


A control part that controls how much energy is sent from the battery to the motor.


Two days before visiting the interview, it is said that a part of the controller burned. In order to accelerate to 100 kilometers per hour in 2 seconds it is essential to pursue tremendous power density, power control is a severe world in units of 1 / 10th of a second.


Within less than 1 second, the steady work of extracting the energy of the battery at once, estimating the state from the waveform, and continuing to make further improvements is repeated, and the world's fastest accelerating EV approaches completion I will continue.


In addition, at the time of the interview, the production of the body of Owl has not started. In order to inflate the image, I will show the car body of IF - 02 RDS of Ikeya Formula.


The engine is turbocharged F type engine for Honda · S2000. Owl will install the battery and motor, not the engine.


Although it is a low car body IF-02RDS that crawls the ground, it is said that the total height of Auru is going to be further lower. It seems that the eye point is too low and it is difficult to position the mirror.


◆ Developer Interview (Part 2)
Again, I returned to Aupu development base of Aspark, I asked various questions, such as Owl's development plan and "Auru project ahead".

G:
From the goal of "developing the world's fastest EV in 2017", I think that it is about the turning point at this time, how is the response?

Shimazaki:
I guess you can go. Of course, there are various conditions.

G:
please tell me in detail.

Shimazaki:
First we aim at 0 - 100 · 2 sec with a prototype car. The finished car with the number is ahead ahead. After that, how far is it closer to practical vehicles?

First of all, we will make the best car in the world in 0-100 in the 1st step. And as soon as you get the number, you have to boil down handling (maneuverability) etc. Therefore, there is a plan to make a four wheel drive of a new system. If it is only 0-100, it ends with "toy". Since then it will not lead to the future, we are thinking of making cars with better handling in the second step.

Yoshida:
I think that it will end sooner than expected if it is the current schedule feeling.

Shimazaki:
No problem. I think it will take 1 to 2 years to get the number.

G:
Is it taken number overseas?

Shimazaki:
Yes. I am preparing to get overseas certification including Japan.

G:
When it is said that "I want you to sell" this car, including overseas market, how long will it take from there to delivery?

Shimazaki:
That is one to two years.

Yoshida:
Even if you clear all the regulations and sell with this specification and you receive an order, there is probably one piece handmade one by one. Then it is realistic, I think that it is necessary for months to deliver cars after receiving orders.


G:
Do machines change the setting for each owner?

Yoshida:
That kind of part will come out too, do not you think? Although the body like a body does not change, it will be possible to change parts such as a seat to your liking.

Shimazaki:
It is also custom made to make to order it also makes it uri. However, I was surprised to hear the selling price (selling price) per unit from the president ... ....

Yoshida:
$ 3 million (about 330 million yen)?

G:
Is over 300 million yen over! Is it?

Yoshida:
At the beginning, I was thinking to sell it for 180 million yen because it was "one or eight" (laugh) But I knew that the price exceeded it as the development progressed. However, even if it is 100 million yen or 300 million yen, after all, I think that the target group does not change so much. I think that it is interesting and I think that there is not much difference in that it was 100 million yen, which happened to be 300 million yen.


Shimazaki:
Family car is different though. In the case of family cars, we have to think about by accumulating individual parts prices. But this world is different. Then where do you sell it all over the world? It is a troubling problem.

Yoshida:
People in such a world do not want to lose to others. It is more faster than cars next to each other. I can sell it if I am the fastest.

Shimazaki:
The rest is the design. Because the presence close to the target user was the president of Uchi, I thought about making a car as president said. It is the basic of design to make it as the target user says. The design I decided to go with now is to be honestly different from what I thought. Even if they ask young people, they are different.


G:
I thought that D is good, but which one are you?

Kawaaka:
I also like C or D.

Nishimura:
I am C or D ne.

Yoshida:
There were various stories, trying to design not only the whole design but also the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Everything was rejected because it became heavy (laugh)

Shimazaki:
It is uneasy whether or not you will be abroad.

G:
Do you like preferences abroad?

Shimazaki:
My preferences are different overseas. For example, I like Gundam-like design in the Middle East.

G:
Although price and design are also difficult issues, the technical hurdle of making the world's fastest EV is still the most expensive. What about that point?

Shimazaki:
Because it is only the first time to do. Because I am trying to do things without precedent.

G:
Though it is handcrafted, is there a feeling "can it be done in the end?"

Shimazaki:
of course. If it is not there, it is not here. However, regarding the time axis, we can not guarantee honesty. President Yoshida is angry, but this is because he is doing the first thing in engineering. Because it is not the same as making a plastic model. Plastic models are already made with completed shapes, but Owl is different.

G:
Even if it takes time, is it technically clear that you can clear it?

Shimazaki:
Because there are powerful members (people of Ikeya Formula). Because it is a specialist in experienced various fields. There are developers of battleminds for each of electrical equipment, drive and body. However, the time axis is crazy (lol)


Yoshida:
Perhaps, I think that the number of tasks will increase in the latter half of (development). So, what I can do now should be as much as possible as much as possible. The problem of how it takes time to solve the problem comes out.

G:
Is such a thing coming out in the last person?

Shimazaki:
I will come out. I understood that I was doing project management (I understand).

G:
In anticipation of such a situation, you are doing so fast so far.

Shimazaki:
Somehow here. You may be lucky. I did not expect to be here in two years.

Yoshida:
As I said earlier, I have a strong "pull". I heard that I met Mr. Shimazaki, and I also met Ikeya Formula. I am blessed with a good person and a good environment at the main point of necessity, and I feel that I could go if I look back on the task later.

G:
Is it because everyone gathers in a fun way?

Shimazaki:
It's not fun, I'm hard at laughing (laugh)

Yoshida:
No, really, it's fun, but it's hard to say that it's fun. If I say "fun" in front of me, "Because I am told that" I can afford so much! "(Laugh)

Shimazaki:
For example, in 2 weeks I'm saying I'm going to make a model of a doraji (driving position). It's a speed that I can not think of as compared to when I was an automaker. Normally, there is a human body model so much that there is a dora posi, and I do the work of putting the steering wheel at this height, because it is not in our place. I tried adjusting the car body.

Yoshida:
Confirmation is in my body. Surely, this is cramped or it hits here, but.


Shimazaki:
"Please bear yourself here" or something. There is a part that can not be done by a major manufacturer, but it is also a strength. I will aim at places where major companies can not do. I'm trying to make a messy car ... .... You have to deny everything that car makers did in the past and learn.

Yoshida:
For now, there are not many things to say to Mr. Shimazaki, but at first it was "speed" at first. Let's do it for the time being. After failing, we had to say that it was okay to start over.

Shimazaki:
It was such a way that it will not fail when you are an automaker. It takes a long time to do it systematically, but it is a style that will be detained with a single shot. On the other hand, in Aspark, it's a style that you can fail so you do it anyway. It is a style to try feedback cycles quickly. It is twice as fast as the major manufacturers, and it can be regained that it fails if you turn it at 3 times speed. It gets faster.

G:
It may be obtained from failure, so it may be more efficient there.

Shimazaki:
It is a transformation of ideas.


G:
But, everyone does not want to fail.

Shimazaki:
I think so. It was the case at the time of the manufacturer.

Yoshida:
I'm failing "only".

Shimazaki:
If it is a major manufacturer, once it fails, it means that hundreds of people will do the work again. Even if we fail, it is this number of members. Since it is OK to fail, it is absolutely better to turn the cycle.

G:
I see.

Yoshida:
It will happen if you try to sell tens of thousands.

G:
You do not have to aim for the greatest common denominator at Auru.

Yoshida:
That's right. Shall we aim only at prime numbers?

Kawaaka:
Well, that's a lot.

Yoshida:
It's infinite (laugh)

Shimazaki:
It is also the development speed, but the type of work you are entrusted with is the same. He (Mr. Nishimura) is also making new parts with this youth. I can not imagine designing a new thing at this young age, at a major manufacturer.


Nishimura:
Usually, I think that it is finally decided that I accumulate more than ten years and finally.

Yoshida:
You did it (lol)

Shimazaki:
That's true. It is impossible. Although it is impossible to have a new design in the third year, there are no more things to run next year with the parts that I am designing now (laugh)

Yoshida:
But since I drive, I think that I will make it properly.

G:
Oh, Nishimura is the test driver of the highest acceleration test, is not it?

Nishimura:
That's right. Because the weight is light. But I do not want to die ... ....

G:
The most seriousness seems to be high.

Kawaaka:
Once security is secured, the next is the president (laugh)


Yoshida:
You should ride all of them. Well, everyone should do it properly (lol)

G:
"I do not keep selling Auru, I keep making it all the while," but how do you intend to make use of the development of Super EV?

Yoshida:
After achieving the maximum acceleration, I think that there is a direction to aim for the highest horsepower whether to aim for the maximum speed next time. However, I think that not only cars but other vehicles are also ants at all, I would like to make medical equipment and robots. It is strong that you are thinking that we want to create an environment where we can develop various products. I think that it will be better to develop such a target that sets a target and creates a product that realizes it.


G:
Does that mean that engineers will grow up by making the world's fastest EV?

Yoshida:
Probably it will be strong. It is absolutely not damaged if the technician grows up. If you develop with fun and get a sense of accomplishment, if you want to try again, it's positive.

G:
In the future, it seems that many engineers will be sent to Tochigi from the Aspark head office in Osaka.

Yoshida:
Yes, it increases. Because there is a hotel that was collapsed just next time, when to buy (laugh)

Kawaaka:
It is likely that ghosts will come out.

Yoshida:
I will skip the joke and plan to actually increase it. Many people will need to design from around June.

Shimazaki:
When the design of the car body is decided, it is necessary to design one by one as an outer panel part, so you will run out of hands.

G:
Is it possible for engineers engaged in the development of other genres other than EV suddenly?

Shimazaki:
It is okay if you use 3D CAD. Although it is the stage of planning how to develop EV now, some phases that require hands anyway come out.

G:
Even if you make 100 units, it is a small amount of production as parts. Do you outsource such parts making?

Shimazaki:
Yes. We will put it in a factory that we specialize. Therefore, we have to make drawings properly.

G:
Are all the parts manufactured in Japan?

Yoshida:
I do not know. If you can make the parts properly it is OK overseas. For example, if you are able to assemble parts after making them and further quality is guaranteed, you will not stick to domestic.

G:
Is it that you could make it all over Japan and only final checking Japan?

Yoshida:
It is Ali at all. We do not intend to do until manufacture. I would like to make it a group that only develops and plans in fabless. This time to Taiwan if we can make Taiwan factory well. If Japan comes first, it will be in Japan, if the United Kingdom comes first, it will be made in the UK. At that time, I will make it in the place where I can make the best thing with that product.

G:
It is an era where fabless automakers can do. It sounds like a smartphone.

Yoshida:
Will not you feel like it will definitely be in the future?

Shimazaki:
Because the degree of freedom of parts layout is high in EV, custom made is easy to do.

Yoshida:
I think that the era of mass production will be over. It is not a big maker that makes all kinds of automobiles for every audience, but there may be a form that only a small amount of sports cars, for example, are made custom-made. I guess it is cool to do it. It is fun if you can do that.

G:
Although the aur of this time is a car that flew away that there is a possibility of over 300 million yen, is not it thinking of a car of a price range that anyone can reach?

Yoshida:
I wish I could have any features. It might possibly be a one-seater commuter ... .... No, but I wonder if I can be interested ... ....

G:
Really. You must be thrilled to be interested.

Yoshida:
I must be passionate about myself. If someone says, "I want to do such a product!", Then maybe it is in the form of "Do you want to do as a responsible person?" If you can make things that are jolly and funny.

G:
As we are aiming for the best in the world this time, it is not good unless it is a thing that went through.

Yoshida:
It is not fun, is not it? Just being sold a lot. A person who picked up the product said that there is no such thing as "this is so funny." Is not it fun to be interesting like a drone that carries people, not baggage? I think that it would be good if we could create an environment where we could make such things ourselves.

G:
The first step in creating that environment is Owl Project.

Yoshida:
That's right. It depends on this member.


G:
Thank you very much for your time today.

· Continued
I went to the actual running test of the world's fastest accelerating monster EV "Owl" under development in Tochigi - GIGAZINE