【Press Release】
29th May 2019

Announcement of participating schools 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”.
Now entries were closed and from all over the world many teams of students haveapplied.
APEV proudly announce the result of application as follows.
★Total:31 Schools / 47 Teams.
★ From Japan: 23 Schools / 37 Teams.
★From overseas: 8 countries,8 Schools / 10 Teams.
India:2 Schools / 2 Teams,Thailand:2 Schools / 2 Teams
Below countries are 1 School / 1 Team :Canada, Italy, Korea, Lithuania, Taiwan, Tunisia
Please refer next page the List of participating schools in full detail.

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
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 2End-October to Early-November 2019: Final screening and award ceremonyin Tokyo
February to March 2020: Final report meeting(The schedule is subject to change.)1Entry list
From Japan
学校名産業技術大学院大学
麻生建築&デザイン専門学校
Car Design Academy
千葉工業大学
千葉大学大学院
学校法人HAL名古屋
学校法人HAL大阪
学校法人HAL東京
金沢美術工芸大学
神戸芸術工科大学
九州産業大学
九州大学
九州大学大学院
長岡造形大学名古屋芸術大学
日本工学院八王子専門学校
札幌市立大学首都大学東京首都大学東京 大学院
東京工科大学
東京工科大学大学院
東京造形大学
バンタンデザイン研究所
Sub Total

Name of Schools
Teams
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
1
ASO Architecture and Design College
1
Car Design Academy
3
Chiba Institute of Technology
2
Chiba University Graduate School
1
HAL Nagoya College of Technology & Design
4
HAL Osaka College of Technology & Design
2
HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design
3
Kanazawa College of Art
1
Kobe Design University1Kyushu Sangyo University
2Kyushu University
1Kyushu University Graduate School
1Nagaoka Institute of Design
1
Nagoya University of The Arts
1Nihon Kogakuin College
1
SAPPORO CITY UNIVERSITY
1Tokyo Metropolitan University
3
Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School
1
Tokyo University of Technology
2
Tokyo University of Technology Graduate School
1
Tokyo Zokei University
2
Vantan Design Institute
12337

From Overseas
Country
Canada
India
India
Italy
Korea
Lithuania
TaiwanThailandThailandTunisia
8Schools
31

Name of Schools
Teams
University of Waterloo
1National Institute of Design
1
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
1(UPES)Car Design Academy
1Incheon National University1Car Design Academy
1
Ming Chuan University
1
King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
1
Mahasarakhham University
1
Car Design Academy
1
Sub Total
108TeamsGrand total
47

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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 GOVERNMENTSponsors: (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