EVMJ’s large EV buses have reportedly been delivered in over 160 units nationwide. A recall was submitted on November 28, but the suspicions and issues are far from fully resolved. In other words, while negotiating with another ferry company, the defective EV buses were gathered near the Senkūzu Port, the terminal for Hankyu Ferry, creating what looked like a graveyard of buses. According to sources, the storage fee for this parking lot is estimated at about 2 million yen per month. It’s said that EVMJ contracted for two months—from November to December—bringing the total to roughly 4 million yen. Regarding this fee, an EVMJ executive reportedly made a surprising remark. The source continued: “The reason for moving the buses to headquarters is to retrieve the defective EV buses. Yet, some of the upper management argue, ‘Osaka Metro, which manages the buses, had no place to keep them, so we looked for a spot. As for the rent, we’ll temporarily cover it, but the 4 million yen parking fee should be charged to Osaka Metro.’ The bus defects are our responsibility. If there were no defects, we wouldn’t even need to send them back to Kitakyushu. What are they even thinking?”