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SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013
NEWSLETTER

2013.09.12

SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013

Organizer Themed Project for the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013
World firstExperience the future of automobiles and lifestyles
An integral part of the Tokyo Motor Show

The environment surrounding vehicles such as energy and ICT has been constantly changing.
How will this evolve to make changes for our daily lives and society in the near future?
With advanced technologies and various cultures, Japan will be in the best position to showcase aunique exhibition to let visitors have opportunities to experience the future of automobiles
connecting with our lifestyle.
This will be the world’s first exhibition that will let you experience the future society and lifestyles –created through the collaboration among automobile manufactures, housing, telecommunications,various industries and research organizations.
The first edition of the “SMART MOBILITY CITY” was introduced at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show
2011 as the organizer's initiative to aim for becoming the world’s leading technology–driven motor.
This event contributed successfully to an accumulated number of 842,600 visitors, a 37% increase
from the previous show and had been widely highlighted by global media.
“KURUMA NETWORKING: Vehicles (KURUMA) connecting with people’s lives and society” will be
our theme this year. This will forecast how automobiles connect with society, cities, people and theirlifestyles. With various companies and organizations participating, the number of which exceeded
the previous exhibition, a world of connected vehicles that top-notch technologies create will berevealed.
In this newsletter, we will highlight the “SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013” which showcases the “futureof automobiles and lifestyles” from various angles to discover joy and values to our new lives and anumber of approaches towards the latest advanced automobile and transportation systems.

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SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013
NEWSLETTER
Discover and experience the 3 programs of the“Future of automobiles and lifestyles”
Exhibition Future of automobiles and lifestyles
Automobile manufactures, telecommunications, housing, material manufactures and researchorganizations will present the “future of automobiles and lifestyles” from their own viewpoints.
SMC TOURS （Organizer’s exhibit）
Experience the smart mobility city which showcases the future of automobiles and lifestyles by VRin six automobile shaped mini theaters.
Test ride
See, Drive, Feel! The new mobility and lifestyles!
Automobiles are making changes in terms of their forms and functions to adapt to being a human’s
partner for the new society and lifestyles. What kind of automobiles will we be driving?
Test ride and experience personal mobility, micro mobility, EV/PHVs, advanced driver assistancesystems and so on.
Conference How will automobiles change by connecting with society and transportation?
Experts will be assembled to debate at the international symposium regarding the future ofautomobiles and lifestyles. Seminars will be also provided by some of the exhibitors on the theme ofconnected cars and related new technologies. What’s more, there will be workshops for children tolearn the basics of the technologies and structure of an automobile, and many more other programs.

Details on the above programs will be introduced in our following newsletters.

Show Outline
Name
Theme

Venue
Dates
Organizer

SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013
Organizer Themed Project for the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013
KURUMA NETWORKING- Vehicles (KURUMA) connecting with people’s lives and society Tokyo Big Sight （West Hall 4, Rooftop Exhibition, Conference Tower）(Within the show venue of the 43rd Tokyo Motor Show 2013)2013 November 22(Fri) to December 1 (Sun),10days
Press days: November 20 (Wed) and 21 (Thu)Special guest day / Preview Night: November 22 (Fri)Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.
http://www.tokyo-motorshow.com/en/
http://smc.tokyo-motorshow.com/en/

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Agency for Natural Resources and Energy http://www.enecho.meti.go.jp/english/index.htm
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. http://www.agc.com/english/
College of Engineering, Nihon University http://www.ce.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/index.html
D Art Co., Ltd. http://www.d-art.jp/en/index.html
DENSO CORPORATION http://www.globaldenso.com
ecomo Corp. http://www.ichiro-hatayama.com
Growthn Dream. Co., Ltd. http://www.growthn.com/
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
http://world.honda.com/
ITS Japan http://www.its-jp.org/english/
KOBOT Co., Ltd. http://www.kobot.co.jp/eng/index.htm
Lohas holdings http://www.lohas-hd.co.jp/
Mazda Motor Corp. http://www.mazda.com/
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism http://www.mlit.go.jp/road/
MITSUBISHI MOTORS Corp. http://www.mitsubishi-motors.com/en/
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/
NTT DOCOMO, Inc.
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/
Prozza Corp. http://prozza.com
The Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology
http://hysut.or.jp/en/index.html
Sekisuihouse, Ltd. http://www.sekisuihouse.co.jp/english/index.html
Terra Motors Corp. http://www.terra-motors.com/
TOKIWA Corp. http://www.tokiwa-group.co.jp/
TOSHIBA Corp. http://www.toshiba.co.jp/worldwide/index.html
TOYOTA Motor Corp. http://www.toyota-global.com/
Toyota Housing Corp. http://www.toyotahome.co.jp/
Vehicle Information and Communication System Center http://www.vics.or.jp/english/vics/
ZieD Co., Ltd.
HIRIKO JP Co., Ltd.
TUM CREATE http://tum-create.edu.sg/

For inquires, please contact:
Tokyo Motor Show SMART MOBILITY CITY 2013 Public relations department
Contact: Ms. Junko Kawahara smc2013-pr@motor-show.jp
TEL: +81-3-3309-8951
FAX: +81-3-3309-8952
CELL: +81-90-1036-8060
If you update an email address, please send a blank email to smc2013-pr@motor-show.jp

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