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Imagine how it would be if we treated cars simply as a means of getting from one place to another. Cars can be shared, with each user taking possession of one only when they actually need to go somewhere. This would mean that fewer cars would be on the road at any given time, freeing up parking-space and enabling traffic to flow smoothly. All it would take to make this possible is a highly convenient car-sharing system, offering the mobility of a private car, while ensuring that resources are used more efficiently. Such systems can take several forms, but are known collectively at Honda as ‘Intelligent Community Vehicle Systems’, or ICVS. Serving as a new mode of comfortable, efficient individual transportation, an ICVS is designed to use resources more effectively and efficiently, benefiting society and the environment.
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For People
... Reduces private car maintenance costs.
... Reduces private car maintenance labor.
... Expands the range of available transportation options. |
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For City
... Helps absorb in-town parking shortages and reduces on-the-street parking.
... Smoothes the flow of downtown traffic.
... Increases the convenience of public transportation systems and contributes to improved urban function. |
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For Planet Earth
... Vehicles and related resources are used more efficiently and effectively.
... Environmentally friendly vehicles contribute to reduced exhaust emissions and overall improvements to the living environment. |
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A membership system allows everyone equal access to shared vehicles. |
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There is no need to make an advance booking to use shared vehicles. |
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Vehicles can be redistributed among ports as needed to ensure efficient use and to make up for vehicle shortages at one port with unused vehicles from other ports. |
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User activity and location data can be used to estimate vehicle needs and distribute appropriate numbers of vehicles in advance. |
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Several types of two- and four-wheeled vehicles can be made available to meet the needs of various types of transportation objectives and applications. |
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ICVS offers the flexibility to accommodate specific local needs. Each individual ICVS system can be optimized into an "
area-best" system by combining the three potential system configurations with a wide range of two- and four-wheeled vehicles, effectively tailoring each system to offer transportation ideally suited to meeting local needs.
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| Designed for optimum utilization of bicycle parking space in condominium developments, this total system included electric motor-assisted bicycles, a key management box, and a bicycle stand equipped with battery chargers. |
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| This system, set up in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), was operated on a trial basis for one year starting in August, 2001.The port is located in the parking area at the train station, where ULEV Honda Civics are available for members to use when commuting between home and work. |
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| This trial system, set up in cooperation with the University of California, Riverside (UCR), started operations in March, 1999.
Members used electric cars for transportation around the campus and shopping malls. |
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| In November 2002, Honda started participating in an experiment designed to create an integrated public transportation system using IT in Keihanna Gakken Town (part of Kansai Science City). Honda provided the vehicles (Civic Hybrids) and the vehicle sharing system. |
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