An on-vehicle automatic charging apparatus 10 obtains its own position
information from GPS signals from GPS satellites 51 to 53, determines on
the basis of the position information whether conditions for charging are
satisfied, and subtracts a calculated charge amount from an inserted
prepaid car, when the conditions for charging are satisfied. At this
time, information used for calculation of the charge amount is written
into the prepaid card as a charge record. When the prepaid card is
inserted into a card issuing machine 20 in order to increase the balance,
the card issuing machine 20 reads the written charge record and transmits
it to a center computer 30. The center computer 30 distributes the charge
amount to management companies on the basis of the charge record.