【Press Release】
一般社団法人 電気自動車普及協会

Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles
To whom it may concern,

Second Screening Results ofEV Mobility Design Contest for International Students 2017/
Final Screening and Award Ceremony will be held in Tokyo Motor Show
Symposium on November 4 th.
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Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles(APEV)
Nobuhiro Tajima, Chief Commissioner
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) is now holding 2017 EV Mobility Design
Contest for International Students. We have made the second screening. There are 10 teams out of 23
teams passed the second screening. The teams which passed are as follows.
＜Teams passed the second screening＞Country、School、Team （listed in alphabetical order of school）
Japan
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technologyebi-P
Philippines
Car Design Academy
Team HopeUganda
Car Design Academy
Magnitude
Japan
Chiba Institute of Technology
SAL
China
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Triple Six
Italy
IAAD – Istituto d’arte applicata e design
LE-ONJapan
Nagoya City University
GoL
India
National Institute of Design
Team EV India
Japan
Tokyo Communication ArtsKIM HYEON SUJapanTokyo Metropolitan University
N electricity<Final Screening and Award Ceremony>
Date： 10:00A.M.-12:00P.M. November 4th, 2017Venue：Tokyo Big Sight Conference Tower 6F Conference Rooms <http://www.bigsight.jp/english/>＊Presentation from the teams which passed the second screening, the final screening and award
ceremony will be held as a program of Tokyo Motor Show Symposium 2017.
＜Awards＞
 Grand Pix（1 team）, with 200 thousand yen as a supplementary prize
 METI (Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry) Minister Award（1 team）, with 100 thousand yenas a supplementary prize
 MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) Minister Award（1 team）, with 100
thousand yen as a supplementary prize Sponsorship Awards (1 team each award) NTN Award
 Car Design Academy Award Bosch Award Mitsubishi Chemical Award

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After the award ceremony, APEV symposium will be held in the afternoon. Screening committee
members will discuss existens of the next generation mobilities and future society based on the winningworks.Also a famous guest speaker will make keynote speech.
Detailed information will be updated on APEV’s website later. 〈http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/〉【Outline of the Contest】
 Host: The Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) Supporters: ( in alphabetical order)
Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of TokyoJapan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan
Ministry of the Environment of JapanTokyo Metropolitan Government

 Sponsors:◆Companies confirmed for the first round
Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
IHI Transport Machinery Co., Ltd.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
NTN Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
◆Companies confirmed for the second round
Bosch Corporation
Car Design Academy
Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Tools International Corporation2 Screening Committee◆Head： Shiro Nakamura（Design consultant & CEO,SHIRO NAKAMURA DESIGN ASSOCIATES.）◆Members：
・Tadao Ando (Architect & Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
・Akihiro Nagaya (Executive Officer, Chief General Manager, Design Center, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)・Ken Okuyama (Industrial Designer & CEO, Ken Okuyama Design)
・Patrick le Quément (Industrial designer & Ex-Senior Vice President of Corporate design, Renault)
・Zhang, Fan (Vice President, Head of Design Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.)・Shigeaki Tanaka (Deputy Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau Ministry of Economy,
Trade and Industry)・Masayuki Shima (Senior Deputy Director-General, Road Transport Bureau Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism)
・Nobuhiro Tajima (Chief Commissioner, Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles) Schedule (The schedule is subject to change)
1st September 2017: Announcement of the second screening results(This release)24th September 2017: Workshop 2 in Tokyo
4th November 2017: Final screening and award ceremony in Tokyo Motor Show Symposium 2017
February to March 2018: Final report meeting CONTACTGen Yasujima , EV Design Contest Secretary-General
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)TEL：+81-50-3736-8325 FAX：+81-50-3153-2686
E-mail:contest@apev.jp Website: http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/END3