<To: APEV members andNews Media Companies>【Press Release】

June 12 2017

Announcement of the first screening results
EV Mobility Design Contest for International Students 2017
Nobuhiro Tajima, Chief Commissioner
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles(Japan)
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV) is now holding 2017 EV Mobility DesignContest for International Students.
Today we are pleased to announce the first screening results.
The selection was extremely difficult because every team submits an excellent work.
The selected teams are as below.
★Total:16 schools / 23 teams (Entry：34 schools / 96 teams）★From Japan: 9 schools / 12 teams★From overseas: 8 countries,7 schools / 11 teams（2 schools / 2 teams : China,
1 school / 2 teams : India, Italy
1 school / 1 team: Philippines, Taiwan, Tunisia, Uganda, UK）
Please wait for the final screening and award ceremony of winning entries at the Tokyo Motor Show inthis autumn.
Please refer the List of selected teams (Alphabetical order of name of schools)
CountryJapan
Tunisia
Philippines
UgandaJapanJapanJapanJapanJapan
TaiwanChina

学校名
産業技術大学院大学
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
Car Design Academy
千葉工業大学千葉大学大学院
千葉大学
千葉大学
千葉大学
仏光大学
Guangzhou Academy of Fine ArtsJapan

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Italy
Italy
China
JapanJapan
India
IndiaJapan
UKJapanJapan
9IAADIAAD
Jiangnan University
九州産業大学 大学院
名古屋市立大学
National Institute of Design
National Institute of Design
日本工学院八王子専門学校
Royal College of Art
東京コミュニケーションアート専門学校
首都大学東京大学院
Total

Name of Schools
Name of Teams
Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
ebi-P
Car Design Academy
JimaxonCar Design Academy
Team HopeCar Design Academy
Magnitude
Chiba Institute of Technology
SAL
Chiba University
CNCT
Chiba University
Co2
Chiba University
K3S0
Chiba University
PED B4
Fo Guang University
Transformer
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Triple Six
HAL Nagoya College of Technology &Quattro Formaggi
DesignIAAD – Istituto d’arte applicata e design
BOOP Design
IAAD – Istituto d’arte applicata e design
LE-ON
Jiangnan University
Jiangnan Geek
Kyushu Sangyo University
Mont Blanc
Nagoya City University
GoL
National Institute of Design
Team EV India
National Institute of Design
Team Revolt
Nihon Kogakuin CollegeMatsushita Junya
Royal College of Art
Huku Design
Tokyo Communication ArtsKIM HYEON SU
Tokyo Metropolitan University
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【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 Government
 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.)2 Schedule (plan)
12th June 2017: Announcement of the first screening results
1st July 2017: Workshop 1 in Tokyo
14th August 2017: Deadline for the work for the second screening
1st 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)
Awards
 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 a supplementary prize
 MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) Minister Award（1 team）, with 100thousand yen as a supplementary prize Company Award（several teams）, official names and supplementary prizes will be decided by
supporting companies.

 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)・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)

Contact

Gen Yasujima , EV Design Contest Secretary-General
Association for the Promotion 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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