【Press Release】
12th June 2019

Announcement of the first screening results for“EV Mobility Design Contest for International Students 2019”Nobuhiro Tajima, Chief Commissioner
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles(Japan)
To whom it may concern,
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) is now holding “EV Mobility
Design Contest for International Students 2019”.
Today we are pleased to announce the first screening results.
The selection was extremely difficult because all the teams submitted excellent works.
The selected teams are as below.
◎Total:18 schools / 20 teams (Entry： 31 schools / 47 teams）◎From Japan: 12 schools / 14 teams (Entry： 23 schools / 37 teams）◎From overseas: 6 countries,6 schools / 6 teams（Entry：8 countries,8 schools /10 teams)
1 school / 1 team:Canada,India,Italy,Korea,Taiwan,Tunisia★Please refer to the next page for the details.
★Teams which passed the first screening will be endowed with the right to participate
in Workshop 1 on 25th June in Tokyo.

What is the“EV Mobility Design Contest”?
Since 2013, APEV has organized “EV Super Micro Mobility Design Contest forInternational Students“ in conjunction with the Tokyo Motor Show. From 2017 thetarget is not restricted to the super micro mobility but expanded to electric vehicles ingeneral.
Furthermore, APEV would like to show the concept and scheme of the mobility society
in the future and new approaches to the environment issues, with the creativity andplanning ability for the designs.
★Please refer special web site in detail.<http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/>

Schedule (plan)
June 12th 2019: Announcement of the first screening results(This release)
June 25th 2019: Workshop 1 in Tokyo
August 14th 2019: Deadline for the work for the second screening
August 31st 2019: Announcement of the second screening results
Mid- September 2019: Workshop 2
End-October to Early-November 2019: Final screening and award ceremony in Tokyo
February to March 2020: Final report meeting(The schedule is subject to change.)1Teams which passed the first screening (EV Design contest 2019）
CountryJapan
Italy
Tunisia
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Korea
Japan
Japan
Taiwan
Japan
India
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Canada

学校名
首都大学東京 産業技術大学院大学
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
千葉工業大学
学校法人HAL名古屋
HAL大阪
学校法人 日本教育財団 HAL東京
国立仁川大学 (国立インチョン大学)
神戸芸術工科大学
九州産業大学
Ming Chuan University
長岡造形大学
National Institute of Design日本工学院八王子専門学校
首都大学東京首都大学東京東京工科大学
東京工科大学
東京造形大学
University of Waterloo

School name
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
Chiba Institute of Technology
HAL Nagoya College of Technology & Design
HAL Osaka College of Technology & Design
HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design
Incheon National University
Kobe Design University
Kyushu Sangyo University
Ming Chuan University
Nagaoka Institute of Design
National Institute of Design
Nihon Kogakuin CollegeTokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Tokyo University of Technology
Tokyo University of Technology
Tokyo Zokei University
University of Waterloo

Team name
AIIT TOKYOProteo
Jimaxon
HyKs
team camel
T2D
APEX
ID-WORKS
Kobe-beef
T.H.E.N.
CHAMP
GS-3770
Team ONEGYNOWS6
e-SDIAWAVEKurage
TAGYO
B.E.E
Tomoki Kaneko2Design contest Overview
Title“EV Mobility Design Contest for International Students 2019”

Objectives To foster students who will lead the next generation, through designing electricvehicles with a broad range of possibilities.
Organizations
Host: The Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
Supporters: (Applied, 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 Japan
Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan, Inc. （JSAE）
TOKYO METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT
Sponsors: (First round)
Benesse Holdings, Inc. Car Design Academy Marubeni Information Systems Co., Ltd.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. NTN Corporation Tools International Corporation
Sponsors companies for second round are wanted
EV Design Contest Committee
Chairperson：Toshio Yamashita （APEV Commissioner & CEO of INTERROBANG DESIGN
INC.& Visiting Professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University）
Vice-Chairperson: Hitoshi Arima (APEV Commissioner & President of Arima Management
Design, Ltd. & Chairman of Yokohama Smart Community)
Secretariat: Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
Screening Committee
Head: Shiro Nakamura （ CEO, SHIRO NAKAMURA DESIGN ASSOCIATES）
Members:
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)
Tadao Ando (Architect & Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
Zhang, Fan (Vice President, Head of Design Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd.)
Nobuhiro Tajima (Chief Commissioner, APEV)★Contact
Gen Yasujima EV Design Contest Secretary-General
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
Address: FUKUTAKE HALL THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033 JAPAN
Tel: +81-50-3375-4937 FAX: +81-50-3153-2686
E-mail ：contest@apev.jp Web site: http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/3