Tokyo 2020 will get supported by a Specially-designed APM Mobility Vehicle, says Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota), worldwide partner of the Olympic and Paralympics Games declared recently that to support the Olympic and Paralympics Games Tokyo 2020, it is developing a unique new product, the APM (Accessible People Mover), a mobility vehicle designed expressly for use at the Games.

Through the Games, Toyota aims to give all individuals the opportunity to move, or what it calls, "Mobility for All." The APM takes this challenge to the maximum degree, offering a "last one mile" solution that helps transport as many people as possible to events and venues, including athletes and staff related to the Games, as well as all types of visitors with accessibility needs such as the elderly, people with impairments, pregnant women, and families with small children, among others. It is also anticipated that part of the fleet of APMs will be utilized to support relief activities at events/venues during summer. During the Games, Toyota will employ roughly 200 APMs to support the transportation of visitors and staff around different facilities, including places where events or competitions are held and non-event official sites such as the Olympic Village.

Primary Features:
1. Basic Model: To support more event attendance, provide "last one mile" transportation
A low-speed, short-distance battery electric vehicle (BEV) appropriate for the transportation of visitors and staff within large event/venue grounds
Used by a wide range of attendees to the Games, including staff and athletes, as well as others, such as visitors including the elderly, people with impairments, pregnant women, and families with small children
The APM will include three-row seating. In the first row will be the driver's seat, the second row provides seating for three, and the third row will offer seating for two, allowing total seating for six people, five passengers and one driver. When utilized for passengers in wheelchairs, the configuration can be altered by folding the seats to permit the wheelchair rider in the second row
With safety in mind, the position of the driver's seat has been elevated and centrally located in order to allow the driver to see passengers and support their individual needs as they enter/exit the vehicle
Passenger seats are accessible from both sides of the vehicle, and the overall design considers varying customers' needs, with safety bars on both sides to help passengers while entering and exiting the vehicle, and fitted with wheelchair anchor plates and ramps to enable the optimal access and transportation of wheelchair passengers

2. Relief Specifications: Providing relief activities during the Games
While utilizing the basic model as the foundation, half of the second and third row space has been preserved for a stretcher. In addition, to help convey people needing relief in a stable, safe way, a stretcher that can be attached/secured in the vehicle will also be equipped
The vehicle has additionally been designed with space to permit two relief staff workers to sit immediately adjacent to the stretcher