【Press Release】】
電気自動車普及協議会
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles
October 11, 2013
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles
Soichiro Fukutake, Chairman
Nobuhiro Tajima, Chief Commissioner<To: News Media Companies>"EV Super Micro Mobile Design Contest"
Announcement of the Final Result
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles, APEV is hosting a contest for students who will bear
the next generation. They are expected to design a super micro mobility (EV) which draws muchattention from various fields recently as well as its surrounding environment.
Among teams which passed the first round, 27 teams from 19 schools submitted the final design madeby 3D design software. We would like to announce the final result after the screening processes here.

Prize-winning teams are the following five teams (4 in Japan and 1 from abroad).
①KID（Kyushu University）②PDL（Chiba University）③Team Mora（University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka）④TgMg（ TENNOJI Gakkan High School ）⑤VOLTAGE（ Tokyo Metropolitan University ）（Alphabetical Order）

Among the above prize-winning teams, several prizes including the first prize (the grand prix) will beselected.
All the prizes will be announced and “Designs” by the prize-winning teams will be presented at theaward ceremony at the conference room of Tokyo Motor Show “SMART MOBILITY CITY” on Sunday,
November 24. <http://smc.tokyo-motorshow.com/en/>
The awarding ceremony will be supported by the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Details including time and a place are to be announced.
We look forward to seeing you there.

1What is “EV Super Micro Mobile Design Contest “?
・3D design of a super micro mobility *note）is collected, screened and announced.
*note：design of a super micro mobility which meets the criteria defined by the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
・Not only a design of the vehicle itself but also
its ongoing relations with society, environment, communities, people, culture, etc are expected.
・ Teams with “no less than 2 members over 18 years old” were eligible for participation.
～ A social network environment for participants to communicate and develop ideas with each other isprovided.
・ Different from a general contest, participants share the design progress using the social networking
system (SNS) ～ The design process is also evaluated.
・ 3D design software is provided for the final round.
・ This contest will continue after 2014, and design→full-scale vehicle creation are to be considered.

Schedule★Announcement of final result (this announcement)
・・・・・・・Friday, October 11, 2013
★ Conference room of Tokyo Motor Show “SMART MOBILITY CITY” ・・・ Sunday, November 24
All the prizes will be announced and designs by the prize-winning teams will bepresented at the award ceremony here.
★”Promotion of Super Micro Mobility and Reports of Design Contest" symposium by APEV
・・・ early March 2014 (still at the planning stage)※Date is the subject to change.

2The head of Screening committee

Mr Ken Okuyama
Industrial designer & CEO, KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN

Screening committee

Mr Tadao Ando
Architect & Professor
emeritus, University ofTokyo

Mr YoichiroKawaguchi
CG Artist&Professor,
Interfaculty Initiatives
in Information Studies,
University of Tokyo

Ms Mineko Orisaku
Photographer & Professor,
Photography Department,
Osaka University of Arts

Mr Akira Fujimoto
CEO, Car Styling Publications＊ the Japanese syllabary order

Mr Nobuhiro Tajima
Chief Commissioner, APEVPrize【Prize】 Unique Prize
A team who got the first prize can have“special experiences in relation to Evs”
Eg） ・communication with well-known designers
・invitation to the environmental energy related exhibition heldabroad and an opportunity of presentation
・visit to foreign EV companies etc.

3Organizations
Host:
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles
Supporters: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Graduate School ofInterdisciplinary Information Studies, University of TokyoDASSAULT SYSTEMS•••The secretariat unifying all the relevant participants and organizations will beresponsible to APEV.
Yamauchi Laboratory (Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo)
will invent, research and examine an educational system utilizing CAD and socialnetworks.
DASSAULT SYSTEMS will provide 3D design software and a social networking platform.

Sponsors
Stratasys Japan Inc.
Wacom Co., Ltd., Dell Inc.
NISSAN MOTOR CO.,LTD.
Lenovo Japan, Ltd.

Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Dell Japan Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.
ASPROS INC.

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Seeking Sponsors
Sponsors are continuingly being sought.
（Contact contest@apev.jp for details.）

Contact
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)EV Design Contest Secretary-General Genichiro Yasujima
Nittochi Nishi-Shinjuku Building 8F, 6-10-1, Nishishinjuku,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan
ＴＥＬ：+81-50-3736-8325
E-mail: yasujima@apev.jp
Website: http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/

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