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Notes: 1. JAMA member manufacturers provided the unit sales figures here, which do not include vehicles customized post-purchase. 2. Buses include minibuses. 3. “Standard & Small Vehicles” includes passenger cars and van-type commercial vehicles; definitions for “standard” and “small” vehicles here differ from those in Japan’s Road Vehicles Act. 4. Vehicles with elevator seats and vehicles with revolving seats have been calculated separately since 2015; figures for “Vehicles with elevator seats” prior to 2015 include vehicles with revolving seats. 5. “Chg. (%)” means change from the previous year (with the previous year’s result indexed at 100).Source: Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association40,00050,00030,00020,00010,0000● TYPES OF ASSISTED-MOBILITY VEHICLES● TRENDS IN ASSISTED-MOBILITY VEHICLE SALESIn vehicle unitsAssisted-Mobility Vehicle Sales Total 44,000 UnitsIn 2018 sales of assisted-mobility vehicles were up 0.5% from the previous year to total 44,000 units. Assisted-mobility vehicles provide a comfortable and convenient means of displacement for people with otherwise limited mobility, such as elderly persons and the physically disabled. They also play an essential role in the provision of public transportation services for all users. Japan’s automakers have been working to enhance the convenience of assisted-mobility vehicles and thereby provide their users with optimal-quality mobility.Assisted-Mobility VehiclesAssisted-Mobility VehiclesEquipped with a ramp or an electrically-operated lift that allows boarding/deboarding while remaining seated in a wheelchair. Some types of ramps are operated electrically.Equipped with a powered passenger or rear seat that, once rotated and slid out to the exterior, can be lowered to adjustable positions for easy boarding/exiting. Assists those who have considerable difficulty in boarding/exiting as well as wheelchair users.Passenger seats can be rotated, rotated and slid out, or rotated and tilted to the exterior. Helpful for easy boarding/exiting.Equipped with drive-assist devices, such as a left-foot accelerator and hand/foot-operated equipment, so that it can be driven by the physically disabled.A “non-step” bus equipped with an electric lift or ramp allowing boarding/deboarding while seated in a wheelchair. Their use in local intra-community transport is being promoted.Wheelchair-accessible(with ramp or lift)Elevator seatRevolving seats Revolving sliding seatsRevolving tilting seatsDrive-assist systemAssisted-mobility busNursing careSelf-operatingOtherDescriptionVehicle FeatureVehicle TypeBuses Mini-Vehicles Standard &Small Vehicles25,004102.614,01310,065—55237418,560120.014,4874,055—184,30598.947,869108.323,39893.613,5257,4541,55242744015,83785.312,7052,848273115,510128.044,74593.524,380104.214,4936,2172,83837046213,79687.111,1122,49119306,308114.544,48499.423,04094.514,4555,4512,24526462514,446104.711,4442,74825406,00895.243,49497.8Standard & Small VehiclesMini-VehiclesBusesTotalChg. (%)Wheelchair-accessible vehiclesVehicles with elevator seatsVehicles with revolving seatsVehicles with drive-assist systemsWheelchair vans (multiple capacity)Chg. (%)Wheelchair-accessible vehiclesVehicles with elevator seatsVehicles with revolving seatsVehicles with drive-assist systemsChg. (%)Chg. (%)Fiscal Year201420152016201722,07595.813,5195,9911,78312965316,615115.013,9332,45522705,02283.643,712100.5201824