The first CHAdeMO Seminar (FY2025 Session 1) was held in a hybrid format on Friday, 10 October 2025. The venue for in-person attendance was Zen Suidou Kaikan in central Tokyo. Sixty-two participants attended at the venue, while 260 individuals participated online.
A total of six presentations were given: two featured stories and four general presentations:
Featured presentations
- The future of EVs: proposals for enhancing societal resilience (Mr Hiroomi Funakoshi, TEPCO)
- Current status and outlook for the ultra-rapid charger SERA400: the trend towards three-polarisation of chargers by output level (Mr Masaaki Ishimura, Takaoka Toko)
General presentations
- Introduction to technologies implemented in N-ONE e: (Mr Ryohei Saiki, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)
- Report on test driving driverless EV taxis and inspecting VW's MAAS and TAAS MOIA (Mr. Masatoshi Fukuda, Tokyo R&D Co., Ltd.)
- Cases of EVSE damage during 800V battery charging using EVSEs rated below 500V and countermeasures (Mr Arun Nair, Mercedes-Benz R&D India)
- Reliable global electric vehicle sales performance and forecast data (Mr Nicolas Meilhan, EV-volumes.com)
Presentation materials are to be published on the CHAdeMO website's member-only section in due course.
CHAdeMO’s “Infrastructure Workshop” started as a workshop covering specific methods for developing charging infrastructure, particularly the installation of rapid chargers, and delivered 41 editions. In recent years, however, as knowledge about charger installation methods has become more widespread, this workshop has expanded its scope. It has evolved to cover a broader range of topics, from an introduction to CHAdeMO and its related technologies, to topics encompassing electric vehicles (EVs) and charging infrastructure. Since FY2025, it is held as the “CHAdeMO Seminar,” marking this edition the first under the new name.
The second CHAdeMO Seminar (FY2025 Session 2) is scheduled for February–March 2026.
