(1) Secretary Members are the five founding firms of the Association and conduct business activities at the Executive Board and Workshop levels.
Toyota Motor Corporation
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.
Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated
(2) Regular Members carry out business activities at the Workshop level but not at the Executive Board level. Those of you planning to manufacturer and sell quick chargers are advised to register themselves as Regular Members. Engineering information about the charging protocol is disclosed to Regular Members and Regular Members also have access to updates to the standard specifications as they are compiled at the Technology and Standard Workshop.
(3) Supporting Members are those members who work to refurbish and promote the charging infrastructures and have access to various reviews and relevant information evolving from the Infrastructure Workshop. However, supporting members should be advised that the operations of the Infrastructure Workshop of the Association will be operating in Japan for the time being. Plans are underway to expand the work of refurbishing the charging infrastructures overseas to keep pace with the status of EV sales worldwide.
(4) Administrative, Non-profit and other bodies approved by the Executive Board can join the Association as observers.
- Membership Invitation Documents
CHAdeMO Association Bylaws
Application for Regular Membership
Application for Supporting Membership
- Membership Dues
Annual membership duties shall be ¥900,000 for Secretary Members, ¥500,000 for Regular Members and ¥100,000 for Supporting Members; provided, however, that, among the Supporting Members, those corporations and bodies who provide charging services for the general public and Observers are exempt from payment of dues.
(1) Annual membership dues shall be paid within one (1) month after the printed invoice date.
(2) New members joining the Association at times other than the beginning of a business year* shall pay one half of the annual membership dues if less than six months have expired since the month of their admission to the Association up until the end of the term or pay the annual membership duties in full if six or more months have expired.
* The business year starts on April 1, each year and ends on March 31 of the following year. For example, the business year 2011 starts on April 1, 2011 and ends on March 31, 2012.
- Completing and Mailing the Application Forms
Membership application forms shall be completed in the form attached hereto and mailed to us in the name of the representative of the corporation or organization, with a corporate seal or the representative’s seal affixed thereto. The forms shall be addressed to the following:
Forms Destination:
CHAdeMO Association Secretariat
Mobility Technology Group, R&D Center
Tokyo Electric Power Company
4-1, Egasaki-cho, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, 230-8510 Japan
TEL +81-45-633-4532
E-mail: e-inq@chademo.com
After membership applications are received by the Secretariat, they will be submitted to the Executive Board for review pursuant to the Bylaws. If the applicant is approved, he/she will be admitted as a member of the Association retrospective from the filing date of the application. Upon approval of the membership, an invoice will be sent to the applicant requesting remittance of the admission fee and the membership dues for the first year of membership. Annual membership dues, once paid, will not be returned to the applicant as a rule even if the applicant subsequently declines to join the Association.
