To whom it may concern,

 I am Yasujima, a Secretariat of EV design contest executive committee.

>From 2013 to 2019, APEV organized biannual "EV Design Contest for 
International Students" in conjunction with the Tokyo Motor Show. In 
2021 it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the fifth 
contest will be held with a major revamp in 2022.  

Following the press conference, we will start accepting applications for 
participation today.

The theme of this contest is "designing society and EV: suggestion for 
2040." Our time is drastically shifting to electric vehicles. Therefore, 
we have concluded that this contest should be about considering electric 
vehicles not only as moving objects but as essential mobility for people
's lives. Participants should also think about the meaning of "making a 
good living."

Consequently, we would like to reach a better solution for the theme of 
this contest with participants and supporting companies, by designing 
society itself, that is, thinking about ideal society and eventually 
about how EV should be as mobility. 

Moreover, we would like to focus on fostering the human resources more 
than ever, with an emphasis on discovering the "interdisciplinary talent 
(mobility architects)" of the next generation. 
The pre-workshop will be held in Tokyo on March 27th (Sun) to explain 
the purpose of the contest to students who are interested in this 
contest and to exchange opinions with the organizers including the 
sponsors.

 It is inevitable that the current automobile industry will be required 
to undergo further changes. We believe that it is important for new 
talent to emerge for the new time that we are heading for. "
Interdisciplinary talent (mobility architects)" can be the human 
resources that symbolizes such an era.

We expect participating students to create a new "design of society" in 
consideration with urgent issues such as environmental problems, natural 
disasters, mobility safety, and energy, and with the construction of a 
new social system based on service.
The specialty of the participants is not particularly limited. We would 
like to promote integrating the area of humanities/arts and science. 
Anyone is eligible to participate if s/he would like to do research on 
the society of 2040 and the future of mobility that will play an active 
role in that society. 

We look forward to the participation of students from various fields, 
regardless of their major, more than ever.

★How to apply
Please visit Special website <http://www.apev.jp/contest/en/>
Please click on "Application" below for the entry and apply from the 
Entry form.
<http://www.apev.jp/contest/contestform/form_en/>
Deadline for entries:10th March 20221and deadline for the work for the 
first screening is 10th June 2022.

★For your info
◎Report of Press conference：https://www.apev.jp/en/news/2022/01/reportpress-conference-social-ev-design-contest-for-international-students-2022.html

◎Videos of Press conference (in Japanese）：<https://onl.la/Tmi3rvZ>

Best regards,
Gen Yasujima
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 Secretariat of EV Design Contest Executive Committee
  E-mail： contest@apev.jp 
  TEL：+81-50-3375-4937
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