Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles - Providing information on the commercialization and spread of electric vehicles.
- Chairperson - Masanori Suzuki, Director and Chairman, MJS M&A Partners CO., LTD.
Director and Vice Chairman, Miroku Jyoho Service Co., Ltd.
Director, NAGANO KEIKI CO., LTD.
Director, United Semiconductor Japan Co., Ltd.
Chairman, International Aircraft Development Fund - President - Nobuhiro Tajima, Founder of Tajima Motor Corporation Chairman
- Directors -
Kazunobu Sato,(Chairman, Ehime EV Promoters Association,
Ehime Industrial Promotion Foundation
Visiting Professor, The University of Ehime
Advisor, FTC Co., Ltd.) Takahiro Suzuki,(Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Reitaku University
Visiting Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo
Visiting Professor, Research Institute for new Technology Creation, Nagasaki Institute of Applied Science) Toshio Yamashita,(CEO, INTERROBANG DESIGN INC.
Supervision of teaching materials/CDA competition chief judge, Car Design Academy
Advisor, General Incorporated Association of My QQL Kenkou Club) Kohei Kusaka,(Part-time Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Managing Director of Technical Dept., TOKA SEIKI Co., Ltd.) Ken Yamane,(Representative, KEN YAMANE Office.) Mamoru Shiiki,(Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University,
Assistant General Manager, Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles) Yoshihiko Kamiaraiso,(General Manager, Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles)
To leave the beautiful Earth for our children in the future—this is the strong desire that has driven us
to establish the former Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles on June 29, 2010 to promote the
use of EV and FCV. Now is the time for us to fulfill our responsibility towards posterity and to take
ongoing action in order that the future generations, including our children and grandchildren, can
continue living a healthy life in a rich natural environment.
In the Japanese automobile industry, the emergence of the hybrid Prius released in December 1997 marked
the beginning of an era of next-generation, environmentally friendly vehicles. Japanese auto-manufacturers
have started the mass production of electric vehicles, such as the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, and the Nissan LEAF,
ahead of other global competitors. In addition, the use of fuel cell vehicles is also beginning to spread
widely.
It is our intention to acquire broad cooperation from people in positions throughout various industries,
educational institutions and the administration to exert their influences in all directions. This will
realize a world where many consumers consider electric vehicles, among other candidates for personal
transportation and actually select one. We would sincerely like to request you for the endorsement.
The membership of the Association for the Promotion of EV/PHV/FCV is open to business enterprises which consider the commercialization of their EV/PHV/FCV, or individuals who would like to support the EV/PHV/FCV industry.Click here for the application process
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Guidelines for Converted Electric Vehicles (First Draft) download (English)
