<Attn.: APEV Members andNews Media>[Press Release]
September 25 2015

Announcement of the Prize-winning Teams of the
EV Super Micro Mobility Design Contestfor International Students 2015
Nobuhiro Tajima, Chief Commissioner
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (Japan)

Following the first contest in 2013, the Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (Japan) isorganizing the second round of the EV Super Micro Mobility Design Contest for International
Students 2015 in conjunction with SMART MOBILITY CITY 2015 at the Tokyo Motor Show.
In the second screening by the screening committee headed by Ken Okuyama, twenty-five teams
representing 17 schools from the first screening were narrowed down to six prize-winning teams—
namely 6 teams representing 6 schools in Japan. Unfortunately none of the teams from overseas
were awarded any prizes.
Posters of these teams will be exhibited in the venue of the upcoming SMART MOBILITY CITY
2015 organized as a theme-based project of the Tokyo Motor Show. Moreover, they are requested
to present their design during the ceremony planned at the Advanced Technology Seminar on
November 4, where award certificates, trophies, and prizes will be presented after selecting thewinners of the grand prize, special prize, and sponsor awards.
(See “Schedule” for the date and time)
APEV members and news media are kindly requested to participate in the event.

For more details, please refer to the list of prize-winner teams on the next page.
What is the EV Super Micro Mobility Design Contest?
• Exhibit: An EV SMM design that satisfies EV SMM standards set by the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Japan.
• Participants: Teams consisting of students, 18 years old or older, representing a school in Japanor overseas (two or more members per team）• APEV intends to continue this contest after year 2016 in conjunction with the Tokyo Motor Show
to promote SMM and to encourage students to study automobile designing.
★Please refer to our designated web site in detail.<http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/>

Schedule (plan)★Announcement of the results of the second screening
September 25, 2015 (Friday)★ Exhibition of posters of prize-winning design
October 28 (Wednesday) – November 8 (Sunday), 2015
(At the venue of SMART MOBILITY CITY 2015 organized as the theme-based project of TokyoMotor Show)★Awards ceremony of winning entries
November 4, 2015 (Wednesday) from 10:00 a.m.
(During the Advanced Technology Seminar of SMART MOBILITY CITY 2015 as above)★Report on the design contest results and symposium on future plans
February 19, 2016 (Friday)(Iwata City, Shizuoka Prefecture)* The schedule is subject to change.

1List of Prize-winning Teams*As of September 25, 2015 (in alphabetical order by school name)Name of Schools

Entry#JapaneseEnglish3

千葉大学

Chiba University

PDL B4

7

専門学校HAL大阪

HAL Osaka College of Technology & Design

Takayuki Hayashi

17

京都工芸繊維大学

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Nasawopolus21武蔵野美術大学

Musashino Art UniversityMID

23

岡山県立大学

Okayama Prefectural University

OPU

24

首都大学東京Tokyo Metropolitan University

GYB

Name of TeamsAwards(1) Highest award 100,000 yen (one team)(2) Excellence awards (five teams)
1) Special award (one team)2) Sponsor awards (four teams)★ Invitation to events involving travel with EVs (Benesse Award)★ A model made with a 3D printer (Marubeni Information Systems Award)★ Other sponsor awards (Dassault Systèmes Award and NTN Award)

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Head of
Screening
Committee

Mr. Ken Okuyama
Industrial designer & CEO of KEN OKUYAMA DESIGN

Screening CommitteeMr. Tadao Ando
Architect & Professor
Emeritus, Universityof Tokyo

Mr. Yoichiro
Kawaguchi
Artist & Professor,
Interfaculty Initiatives
in InformationStudies,
University of Tokyo

Mr. Nobuhiro Tajima
Chief Commissioner, APEV

Mr. Shiro Nakamura
Chairman of the Tokyo
Motor Show Committee,
JAMA & Senior Vice
President, CCO, Nissan
Motor Co., Ltd.

Ms. Keiko Ihara
Guest Associate Professor,
Graduate School of Media
Design, Keio University,
Racing driverOrganizations
Host: Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
Supporters (in alphabetical order):Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of TokyoJapan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. (JAMA)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of the Environment
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Sponsors
Sponsor companies confirmed for the first round (in alphabetical order).
Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Marubeni Information System Co., Ltd.
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd
Sponsor companies confirmed for the second round (in alphabetical order).
Dassault Systèmes K.K.
Forum Engineering Inc.
Honda R&D Co., Ltd.
NTN Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation
Toyota Motor Corporation

Contact
Gen Yasujima, EV Design Contest Secretary-General Association for thePromotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)TEL： +81-50-3736-8325 FAX： +81-50-3153-2686
E-mail: contest@apev.jp
Website: http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/

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