【Press Release】

November 22, 2022
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV )Toshio Yamashita APEV Director/Chairperson of the Contest Executive Committee

Detailed Report “Social EV” Design Contest for International Students 2022
To whom it may concern
We are pleased to report the details of the event APEV held at CEATEC2022..
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who participated.
1. CEATEC Exhibited in 2022
◎APEV booth name: APEV Design Contest 2022
Hall 6 Booth No. P017 in the newly opened "Partner’s Spark" at CEATEC 2022 in Makuhari Messe.
◎Exhibition: Joint exhibition by APEV and companies* from October 18 (Tue) to October 21 (Fri), 2022.
Posters, pamphlets, videos, etc. were used to introduce initiatives centered on the “Social EV” DesignContest for International Students 2022.
*Exhibitors: Dell Technologies Japan Inc. Hino Motors, Ltd. IBM Japan, Ltd.
MONET Technologies Inc. Denno Kotsu,Inc
2. Final Screening & Award Ceremony of “Social EV” Design Contest for International Students 2022
◎Date: October 18, 2022 (Tuesday) 14:30 start-17:00 end◎Location: Talk stage at CEATEC 2022 in Makuhari Messe Session number: B141◎Contents/timetable
14:30 Greetings: APEV Chairprespon Masanori Suzuki
Contest Description: Executive Committee Chairprson Toshio Yamashita
14:40 Work presentation: 12 teams
15:40 Keynote speech: "Next-generation regional transportation realized from DX in the taxi industry"
Lecturer: Mr. Yosuke Kondo, CEO and Founder of Denno Kotsu,Inc.
(Screening in a separate room during this time)
16:20 Awards ceremony
16:52 General Comment: Screening Committee Chairperson Hiroshi Fujiwara
16:57 Commemorative photo
17:00 End◎Screening outcome
The judges＊ realistically evaluated the presentations of the final works of the participating teams, and as
a result of discussions, the following eight teams won the crown.
Award name:
School name/ team name・Grand Prize Grand Prix: Graduate School of Tokyo Metropolitan University/Sakai Mobility Systems
・Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award: Chiba University & Kyushu Sangyo University / TARAKO& PEANUTS・Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award: Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate
School/TMU - torapo -B
・Minister of the Environment Award: HAL Tokyo/HALO!
・Special Award from Screening Committee: Chiba Institute of Technology Graduate School/FLAT・Special Award from Screening Committee: (India) National Institute of Design, Transportation andAutomobile / Shunya・MONET Technologies Award: Chiba Institute of Technology Graduate School/Costa
・IBM Japan Award: Tokyo Metropolitan University/MINK1

* Chairperson of the Screening Committee: Dr. Hiroshi FUJIWARA: Director of APEV , Chairman and CEOof BroadBand Tower Co., Ltd.
* Members:
・Ms. Keiko IHARA: CEO, Future, Inc. .-Car racer - Director, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd・Ms. Hiroko MATSUMOTO: Director, Vice President, Professor, Joshibi University of Art and design
・Ms. Kei TAKEOKA: Automobile Journalist-Automobile Journalists Association of Japan Deputy Chair・Dr. Akira WAKITA: Artist-Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
・Mr. Nobuhiro TAJIMA：APEV President- Chairman / CEO of Tajima Motor Corporation*Screening team：・Mr. Yohei KAWADA Director for Water and Air Environment Bureau, Automobile Environmental Measures
Division Automotive Environmental Strategy Planning Officer Ministry of the Environment
・Mr. Kuniharu TANABE Director for Manufacturing Industries Bureau Automobile Division Automobile
Strategy Planning Office Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
・Mr. Hiroyuki INOMATA Director of Vehicle Regulation and International Affairs Division
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
・Mr.Kenichi MURASAWA Vice President Client Engineering, Technology IBM Japan, Ltd.
・Mr.Akihiro KAWANABE Director Product Planning Department MONET Technologies Inc.
・Dell Technologies Co., Ltd., ・Hino Motors, Ltd.
◎Outline of Keynote Speech "Next-generation regional transportation realized from DX in the taxi
industry" Lecturer: Mr. Yosuke Kondo, CEO and Founder of Denno Kotsu,Inc.
In 2016, President Kondo, who is a lecturer, launched Denno Kotsu, which converts taxi dispatch
operations into DX, while rebuilding a taxi company in Tokushima Prefecture. Currently, taxi operators in43 prefectures have introduced this dispatch system. 1) Cloud-based vehicle dispatch system 2)
Outsourcing of vehicle dispatch call center operations 3) Regional transportation solutions are the coreof our business. Regarding the conversion of taxis to EVs, we will work with Daiichi Kotsu Sangyo todevelop and demonstrate a system for optimizing the operation and power supply of EV taxis as aproject adopted by NEDO.
He encouraged the students who participated in the contest, saying, "I want you to cherish your timeand encounters and nurture your proposals."◎Chairperson of the Screening Committee Dr. FujiwaraThe reason why we named the contest title "Society" this time is that EVs are not just a means oftransportation or a means of solving energy problems, but we also wanted young people with promising
futures to come up with ideas for tackling social issues.
As intended, we received wonderful proposals from the 12 finalists.
We were asked to identify social issues in Japan and the world, and to come up with unprecedented
ideas to solve those issues. Technologies such as Metaverse, Life Science, and Chemistry wereproposed as supporting technologies for realizing ideas.
Sakai Mobility Systems team has a wonderful idea of farming using EVs to increase Japan's food selfsufficiency rate. Let's support young people together!
◎Videos of this event are available on YouTube.
1) Greetings, contest explanation, 12 team’s presentation https://youtu.be/_5rgJYGsF80
2) Keynote speech by Mr.Kondo https://youtu.be/oKTWzhFiRiA _ _3) Award ceremony and general comment https://youtu.be/eN9jrD7 R tXA

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3. Open Workshop of “Social EV” Design Contest for International Students 2022
◎Date: October 20, 2022 (Thursday) 13:00 start-16:00 end◎Venue: Co-creation space at CEATEC2022 in Makuhari Messe◎Contents: “Further deepening the business model and realization of the grand prix”: Can the work be done
as it is? Sponsors and CEATEC participants discussed services, technologies, future insights, etc., anddeepened discussions.
◎Participants: Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School/Sakai Mobility Systems Team,HAL Tokyo/HALO! Team, Chiba Institute of Technology Graduate School/FLAT Team, Okayama
Prefectural University/Okayama Mobility Club Team, Sponsors

Contest overview +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++◎Title : “Social EV” Design Contest for International Students 2022
◎Purpose : To foster interdisciplinary talent that will lead the next generation through research on social designand EV possibilities. We call this interdisciplinary talent “an architect”, and the development of this sort ofhuman resource is the highlight of this contest. An architect is a person who has a vision and insight beyond thescope of design and engineering and the profession in the area of cars.
In this year's contest, the theme was set as "Proposal for 'Social Design and EV ' 2040" with a clear deadline.
We concluded that the role of EVs should not be viewed simply as a mobile vehicle, but rather as a form ofmobility that is essential to people's lives, and that it should be a contest that considers what it means toenrich people's lives.
◎Organization
・Organizer: Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)・Supported by : Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of TokyoJapan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc. 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. Tokyo Metropolitan Government◎Sponsor (in alphabetical order)
Benesse Holdings, Inc. Car Design Academy CCC MK Holdings Co.,Ltd. Dell Technologies Japan Inc.
Hino Motors, Ltd.
IBM Japan, Ltd. MONET Technologies Inc. Wacom Co.,Ltd.
◎Prize money/prize
Grand Prize: 200,000 yen + certificate, Environment Minister's Award, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister'sAward, Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister's Award: 100,000 yen each + certificate, Special
Award from Screening Committee: 100,000 yen + certificate, Sponsoring Organization Award: Goods provided
by the sponsoring organization + certificate++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++【Photo album】

Final Judging & Awards Ceremony Photo by Takeshi Kubota
3photo after the final judging and award ceremony Photo by Takeshi Kubota

APEV Chairperson Mr.Suzuki

Denno Kotsu,Inc.President Mr.Kondo

Grand Prix Sakai Mobility Systems‘ presentation

Executive Committee Chairperson Mr.Yamashita

Chairperson of screening committee Dr. Fujiwara,

Grand Prix Sakai Mobility Systems
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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award TARAKO & PEANUTS Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award TMU-torapo-B

Minister of the Environment Award HALO!

Special Award from Screening Committee FLAT

Special Award from Screening Committee Shunya
MONET Technologies Award Costa
Photo by Takeshi Kubota

Japan IBM Award MINK

Visit to APEV Booth by Ambassador of Botswana
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Full view of the APEV booth

After the Open Workshop on October 20thOpen Workshop Business Model Campus[Executive Committee Contact]
Within theAssociation for the Advancement of Electric Vehicles (APEV ) 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033
University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, Fukutake Hall
TEL: 050-3375-4937
E-MAIL : contest@apev.jp

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