<To whom it may concern>

APEV has held the "EV Design Contest for International Students" four 
times from 2013 to 2019, every two years in conjunction with the Tokyo 
Motor Show. In response to the widely spreading COVID-19, we have 
postponed the contest in 2021 and are now holding a significantly 
renewed 5th event in 2022.
We are pleased to announce that the first screening has been held, and 
the passing teams were selected from among 82 teams (24 teams from 12 
schools in Japan and 58 teams from 55 schools in 3 overseas countries) 
that submitted their works.
The 26 teams from 18 schools that passed through the first screening 
consisted of 8 teams from 8 schools in India and 18 teams from 10 
schools in Japan.
Please see the List of the passing teams
https://www.apev.jp/en/news/List of the passing teams.pdf
★Students from teams that have passed the first screening will be given 
the right to participate in Workshop I which is held on Tuesday, August 
9, and will work hard to brush up their works for the second screening.

The theme of this year's contest is "Social Design and EVs: Proposals 
for 2040," and we have set a specific year in the theme. We have 
concluded that the contest should be about the role of EVs not only from 
the viewpoint of transportation but also as a form of mobility that is 
indispensable to people's lives and what makes people's lives more 
affluent.
Therefore, we have changed the evaluation criteria of the contest as 
follows:
[Old] "Styling (priority is on the completeness of design) + Concept (
explanation of design: story)"
[New] "Social Design in 2040 (priority is on the Identification of 
issues) + Concept (solutions) + Design (visual images as explanation)"
We selected "Social design" related to urgent issues such as 
environmental problems, natural disasters, transportation safety, and 
energy, as well as the construction of a new social system centered on 
services.


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Title： "Social EV Design Contest for International Students 2022"

Objectives： To foster interdisciplinary talent that will lead the next 
generation through research on social design and EV possibilities.

Organization:
  Host: Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)
  Supporters: Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, 
University of Tokyo, Japan 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
(Tentative, in alphabetical order)

Sponsors：
【First application】(in alphabetical order)
 Car Design Academy
 Benesse Holdings, Inc.
 CCC Marketing Co., Ltd.
 Dell Technologies Japan Inc.
 Hino Motors, Ltd.
 IBM Japan, Ltd.
 MONET Technologies Inc.
 Wacom Co., Ltd.

【We are looking for the Second application】
 Please contact the Administration office (contest@apev.jp)
 Sponsorship: Gold 5 million yen, Silver 2.5 million yen, Bronze 1 
million yen (+ consumption tax) 

EV Design Contest Executive Committee (APEV Committee)
  Chairperson： YAMASHITA（APEV Commissioner, CEO of INTERROBANG DESIGN 
INC.）
  Vice-Chairperson: Hitoshi ARIMA(APEV Commissioner, President of Arima 
Management Design, Ltd., Representative of Yokohama Smart Community)
  Supporters: To be open called from APEV members and sponsors
  Secretariat: Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles (APEV)

Screening Committee：
 Chairperson: Dr. Hiroshi FUJIWARA: APEV Commissioner - Chairman, 
President and CEO BroadBand Tower, Inc - President and CEO Internet 
Research Institute, Inc.
 Members: (in alphabetical order)
・Mr. Tadao ANDO: Architect - Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
・Mr. Zhang FAN: Vice President, Head of Design Guangzhou Automobile 
Group Co., Ltd
・Ms. Keiko IHARA: CEO, Future, Inc. - Car racer -Director, Nissan Motor 
Co., Ltd
・Ms. Hiroko MATSUMOTO: Director, Vice President, Professor, 
Concentration in Product Design, Department of Design and Crafts, 
Joshibi University of Art and design
・Dr. Patrick le Quément: Designer - Former Senior Vice President 
Renault 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

Awards（to be confirmed）
  Grand Prix: 200,000 yen and a certificate
  Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan Award: 100,000 yen 
and a certificate
  Ministry of the Environment of Japan Award: 100,000 yen and a 
certificate
  Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism　of Japan 
Award: 100,000 yen and a certificate
  Awards offered by the sponsors (To be decided according to the 
sponsors.)

Overall schedule（subject to change without notice）
　August　2022: Deadline for sponsor application (second round)
　1st of August 2022: Announcement of the first screening results (this 
document)
　9th of August 2022: Workshop I
　5th of September 2022: Deadline for the second screening work 
submission
　21st of September 2022: Announcement of the second screening results
　9th of October 2022: Workshop II
　18th of October 2022: The final screening & award ceremony, and APEV 
symposium*
　*We will hold these in conjunction with CEATEC2022 (instead of the 
Tokyo Motor show which will not be held in 2022)
　Mid of March 2023: Final Report
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[Administration Office]
Association for the Promotion of Electric Vehicles
III FUKUTAKE HALL THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 
113-0033, JAPAN
TEL: +81-50-3375-4937
E-MAIL: contest@apev.jp