[Career up to 150m in the sky -Ask the predecessors of robotics] Vol.11 Challenge from scratch

Encounter with Mistletoe led by Mr. Taizo Son

Noma: Five years ago, I joined a company called Mistletoe, founded by Taizo Son, the younger brother of Masayoshi Son.Mistletoe is a community -like organization like a community that supports the founding and growth of young entrepreneurs.We are looking for a form and currently does not hire employees.I also helped with consulting and various projects in the form of a contract.

The three fields in Mistletoe at that time were mobility, education, and sustainability.In detailed research on business reviews such as EV personal mobility, flying drones and air mobility, we also conducted research in detail.There is already a preceding player, and Japan has severe regulations.While feeling the hurdles to the mobility area, the sustainability area was impressive that "no one was interested, no one was taking the lead, and nothing was going on."

The turning point was in 2017, "I went to a Nissan event with Taizo."The installation of EV car Nissan Reef as a power supply, and the installation of Rei Wakita, a professor at Keio University Faculty of Environmental Information, was on display.However, Mr. Noma felt uncomfortable due to the trend of "EV era".

It is new to remember that Toyota's President Akio Toyoda held an online press conference on December 17, 2020.He complained, saying, "It is difficult to achieve carbon neutral 2050 without a major change in national energy policy in order to achieve carbon nuoral 2050 in 2030.

At the conference, "For example, if 4 million passenger cars are EV, it is necessary to increase the power generation capacity by 10 to 15 % when the power is used in midsummer.It also announced that it would be equivalent.

Mr. Noma: As President Toyoda has been pointed out, there were few arguments in Japan about where to take care of the required amount of power for EV vehicles.If the exhaust gas is not visible in front of you due to all -electric, it may certainly be a zero emission on the spot, but in fact global warming gas is continuing.

However, in Japan, where about 70 % of the land area is forests and there are few flatlands, it will be difficult to cover everything with solar power.I thought it would be appropriate to use marine energy such as tide, wave power, wind power, and geothermal of the sea surrounding Japan.