【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,

Minister Awards from METI and MLIT will be commended to outstanding teams
2017/6/5
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
Chief Commissioner
Nobuhiro Tajima
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) is now holding 2017 EV Mobility Design
Contest for International Students. We have the honor to inform you that Minister Awards from METI
(Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism) will be awarded to outstanding teams.
This contest aims to provide opportunities to learn and think about automated driving, traffic policies fordepopulated areas, and issues that have been discussed in national research conferences. We hope thatMinister Awards could encourage the participants, and expect developing sophisticated suggestions.
There are also new jury members from METI and MLIT.
Same as previous time, MOE (Ministry of the Environment), METI , MLIT and The University of Tokyo aresupporting this contest. Furthermore, because of the relationship with TOCOG (The Tokyo Organising
Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games), we will receive support from the Tokyo Metropolitan
Government this time.
We do not evaluate works only by styling. We look forward to far-sighted ideas considering the trend ofwhole society, and proposals including worldviews which are one step ahead of other design contests.
★The following are the awards of this contest.
Grand Pix（1 team）, with 200 thousand yen as a supplementary prize
METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) Minister Award（1 team）, with 100 thousand yen as asupplementary prize, Transport and Tourism) Minister Award（1 team）, with 100
thousand yen as a supplementary prize
Company Award（several teams）, official names and supplementary prizes will be decided by supportingcompanies.
★Screening Committee◎Head： Shiro Nakamura（Ex-Senior Vice President, CCO, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.）◎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.)・Noriyuki Mita (Deputy Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry)1・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)

In addition, we have attached a revised list of "The participating schools for EV Mobility Design
Contest for International Students 2017” wiｔch was announced before.
★Total:34 Schools / 96 Teams.
★ From Japan: 20 Schools / 45 Teams.
★From overseas: 15countries,14 Schools / 51 Teams.
Taiwan:5 Schools / 18 Teams, Italy: 2 Schools / 13 Teams, , India:1 School / 5 Teams,China:4 Schools / 4 Teams
Below countries are 1 School / 1 Team :Australia, Canada, Philippines, Qatar, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, UAE, Uganda, UK, USA
Please refer the List of participating schools in full detail.

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
カーデザインアカデミー
千葉工業大学
千葉大学
HAL 名古屋
HAL 大阪HAL 東京金沢美術工芸大学
慶應義塾大学
神戸芸術工科大学
九州産業大学九州大学
長岡造形大学名古屋市立大学
名古屋芸術大学
日本工学院八王子専門学校
岡山県立大学
東京コミュニケーションアート専門学校
首都大学東京

Name of Schools
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
ASO Architecture and Design College
Car Design AcademyChiba Institute of Technology
Chiba University
HAL Nagoya College of Technology & Design
HAL Osaka College of Technology & Design
HAL Tokyo College of Technology & Design
Kanazawa College of Art
Keio University
Kobe Design University
Kyushu Sangyo University
Kyushu University
Nagaoka Institute of Design
Nagoya City University
Nagoya University of The Arts
Nihon Kogakuin College
Okayama Prefectural University
Tokyo Communication Arts
Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTeams
23117121211361311242

Sub Total

20452From Overseas
Country
Australia
Canada
China
China
China
China
India
Italy
Italy
Philippines
QatarSpain
Sri Lanka
TaiwanTaiwanTaiwanTaiwanTaiwan
Tunisia
UAEUganda
UKUSA15Schools
34

Name of Schools
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Jiangnan UniversitySoutheast University
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
National Institute of Design
Car Design Academy
IAAD/Institute of Applied Art and Design
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
University of Moratuwa
Chang Gung University
Fo Guang University
Ming Chi University of Technology
National Taipei University of Technology
National Taiwan University of science and Technology
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
Royal College of Art
Car Design Academy
14Sub Total
Grand total

Teams
111111521111111014121111151Teams96【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 Government3 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 Corporation(Companies for the second round are being wanted.)

Schedule (plan)st

31 May 2017: Deadline for the work for the first screeningth
12 June 2017: Announcement of the first screening results
Early July 2017: Workshop 1 in Tokyo and Osakath
14 August 2017: Deadline for the work for the second screeningst
1 September 2017: Announcement of the second screening results
Mid- September 2017: Workshop 2 in Tokyo
End-October to Early-November 2017: Final screening and award ceremony in Tokyo
February to March 2018: Final report meeting(The schedule is subject to change)★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: +81-50-3736-8325
FAX: +81-50-3153-2686
E-mail ：contest@apev.jp
Web site: http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/4