一般社団法人電気自動車普及協会

Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles【Press Release】

To all concerned

APEV“[Create 2030 by new Mobility] International Workshop”
Exhibition and kick-off presentation were held.
February 9 , 2024
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
Chairman Masanori Suzuki
President Nobuhiro Tajima

Thank you very much for your continued cooperation in our association's activities.
The Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) has held the " EV Design Contest
for International Student " five times from 2013 to 2022.
In 2024, we will hold the 6th edition with the title “[ Create 2030 by new Mobility]
International Workshop” and the content has been significantly renewed.
The YOXO Festival and the kick-off presentation was held as shown below .
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who attended, the organizers, andeveryone involved.
At this event, the International Workshop began in preparation for the results presentation andaward ceremony to be held in October of this year.
We will begin recruiting young people from around the world to participate and organizations
to support us in mid-February, so we look forward to your participation.

"NOTE"★What is YOXO Festival?
[Event period] Saturday, February 3, 2024 11:00-19:00 / Sunday, February 4, 2024 11:00-17:00[Venue] Minato Mirai area, Shinminato area, Kannai area
[Admission fee] Free
[Sponsor] Yokohama Future Organization [Co-sponsor] City of Yokohama◎Website: https://yoxo-o.jp/en/about/◎ Organizer's message: The Yokohama Future Organization is an “innovation promotionorganization”that supports new challengers while collaborating with people active in Yokohama
and people from Japan and abroad.In addition, as a "network promotion organization" and"innovation area management organization" that coordinates the collaboration of human resources
and ideas across organizational boundaries, we will promote demonstration experiments and social
implementation that generate innovation in Yokohama as a field, and build the city of thefuture. To go.

★APEV exhibition◎ Date and time: Saturday, February 3, 2024, 11:00-19:00 / Sunday, February 4, 2024, 11:0017:00◎Location: YOXO Festival: Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 District I_Hammerhead CIQ Hall◎APEV booth number: I-27
◎Exhibits:*2024 “[Create 2030 by new Mobility] International Workshop” poster*2022 winning work poster*2022 winning works video broadcast: 2022 Grand Prize winnerMr. Hibiki Sakai explained his andother works.

Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles 1◎Distributed items:*International Student Contest Work Collection 2019, 2022*“[Create 2030 by new Mobility] International Workshop” flyer◎Test Drive: Thanks to the generosity of WHILL, we offered two types of electric wheelchairs,
and they were so popular that there was a long line of people.
◎Declaring something good for the global environment! ! : Have visitors fill out the heartshaped stickers donated by Benesse and post them on the poster. The family who pasted waspresented with an EV memo pad donated by Nissan Motors.

★APEV exhibition photos

Family of APEV members (2nd and 3rd from the right)

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★Kickoff presentation◎Date and time: Sunday, February 4, 2024 14:20-15:30◎Location: YOXO Festival: Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 District I_Hammerhead CIQ Hall Stage◎Event number: I-59
◎Event title: “Let’s all draw the future of mobility!!”◎Contents of the ceremony:
Opening Declaration: Moderator Mr. Yoshihiko Kamiaraiso, APEV Director
Greetings: Mr.Nobuhiro Tajima, President of APEVParticipating student announcement: 2022 Grand Prize Winner Mr. Hibiki Sakai, Representative of TokyoMetropolitan University Sakai Mobility Systems Team
Selection Committee Message (Video): Selection Committee Joshibi University of Art and Design Professor
Ms.Hiroko MatsumotoMessage from participating schools: HAL Tokyo Instructor Mr. Naoto Shiraiwa
2024 project explanation: APEV advisor Mr. Kimiya Mochizuki
Question-and-answer session
Greetings: APEV Chairman Mr.Masanori Suzuki(Commemorative photo with those involved after the event)* You can download the entire presentation materials here. https://www.apev.jp/news/2024_International_Workshop_Presentation.pdf*The video will be posted on the APEV website in mid-February.
*If you are a news organization and need detailed information, please E-mail to workshop@apev.jp and wewill respond.

★Kickoff presentation photos

Mr. Sakai, Tokyo Metropolitan University Sakai Mobility Systems Team,HAL Tokyo Mr. Shiraiwa

Ms. Matsumoto

APEV Advisor Ｍｒ．Mochizuki

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From left: Director Mr.Kamiaraiso, Chairperson Mr.Suzuki, Mr. Shiraiwa, Mr. Sakai, President Mr.Tajima,Advisor Mr.Mochizuki*Please feel free to contact our office.
●Top page https://www.apev.jp/en/●Enrollment information page https://www.apev.jp/en/entry/□Regular member (for companies): Annual membership fee 100,000 yen per unit
□Supporting members (for individuals): Annual membership fee: 10,000 yen per unit
□Special membership (for administrative agencies, public offices, and media personnel):Annual membership fee freeInquiries: “Create 2030 by new Mobility” Executive Committee Secretariat
Within the Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
The University of Tokyo Fukutake Hall
TEL: ∔81-50-3375-4937
E-mail: workshop@apev.jp
Website: Scheduled to open in mid-February

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