“The most distinctive feature that always gets a lot of attention from people is the ‘Float Drive’ function that was developed as a measure against flooding,” says Tsurumaki. This feature eliminates the user’s anxiety about cruising range and battery deterioration. It also has an exchangeable battery feature in addition to normal charging, which realizes a “simple exchange system” that can easily replace the four small cassette type batteries in about 10 minutes. Despite its compact body with a total length of 2,585 mm, a width of 1,295 mm, and a height of 1,550 mm, the vehicle has the capacity to seat four adults and can travel 166 km (NEDC) on a single charge. Our mass production plant of FOMM ONE is located in Amata Nakorn Industrial Estate, Chonburi, Thailand which is capable to produce 10,000 units per year with a building of 5,000 ㎡ in a site of 12,000 ㎡.”įOMM ONE is the company’s small electric vehicle designed following the European L7e vehicle standard. “We started the mass production of FOMM ONE in Thailand and sales of the first product in April 2019, and now we have received orders for over 2,000 units. Furthermore, we design our products with the idea of smaller and lighter in order to reduce CO2 in life cycle from manufacturing, use and to disposal, and we are also actively working on global environment conservation. “Our products are based on the concept of creating more comfortable short distance movement. Tsurumaki says FOMM now takes a holistic approach to manufacturing. However, the elderly and people with disabilities need means of evacuation.”įOMM started the development of an electric vehicle that floats on water in 2013.
At that time, many people were killed in the car, such as a car that was submerged, a car that got stuck due to flooding, so there was a discussion that ‘when a flood occurs, you should not escape with a car’.
“In Japan, many people lost their lives due to the tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. “FOMM was established with the idea of creating a car that protects human lives from flood disaster.” he told us. New age players like Japanese mobility company FOMM (or ‘First One Mile Mobility’), are catching the pulse of the average commuter and coming up with solutions for some very real-world problems.įOMM’s CEO, Hideo Tsurumaki, took some time to speak to Auto Futures about how the company brought to life a bold mobility solution to save lives during floods. Now more than ever, new mobility has become more human-centric. With the onset of Industrial Revolution 4.0, we’ve seen a paradigm shift in the way things are done. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pocket Link E-mail Reading Time: 4 minutes
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