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EVS summary

1. What is EVS ?

The Electric Vehicle Symposium & Exhibition (EVS) is the world's largest international exhibition and

symposium for all fields related to Electric Vehicles (EV), such as battery electric vehicles, hybrid electric

vehicles (HEV) and fuel cell vehicles (FCV).

It is held under the auspices of the World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA), with the venue rotating

between North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. The 31st EVS will be held in Kobe, Japan in 2018, and

will be hosted by the Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI).

The first EVS was held in Phoenix, USA. In Japan, EVS 13 was held in Osaka (1996) and EVS 22 in Yokohama

(2006) followed by EVS 31, which will be the third time in this country.

2. EVS related organizations

(1) WEVA： World Electric Vehicle Association

With the view of unification of EVS and encouraging broad use of EV, WEVA was established in 1990 as an

international organization composed of AVERE (European Electric Road Vehicle Association), EDTA*1

(Electric Drive Transportation Association), and EVAAP (Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific).

EDTA, AVERE and EVAAP are international organizations with the purpose of growth of EV in the Americas,

Europe, and the Asia-Pacific area, respectively.

They are responsible for the selection of the host country and organizer of EVS, and they join and support

the EVS International Steering Committee (ISC) and International Program Committee (IPC).

*1: Former EVAA (Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas). Renamed EDTA in January, 2001.

(2) EVAAP: Electric Vehicle Association Asia Pacific

With the purpose of the growth of EV in the Asia-Pacific area, this international organization was founded

in 1990. In Japan, the Former Japan Electric Vehicle Association (JEVA) has operated the EVAAP head office

as a core founding member since then. Currently it is composed of four member countries: Japan, China,

South Korea and Singapore. In July 2003, JEVA was merged with the Japan Automobile Research Institute

(JARI) and JARI has been operating the head office, taking over the membership from JEVA.

3. EVS Venues

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November 1969

November 1971

February 1974

September 1976

October 1978

October 1981

June 1984

USA

USA

USA

Germany

USA

USA

France

Phoenix, Arizona

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Washington D.C.

Dusseldorf

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Baltimore, Maryland

Versailles

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EVS-10

EVS-11

EVS-12

EVS-13

EVS-14

EVS-15

EVS-16

EVS-17

EVS-18

EVS-19

EVS-20

EVS-21

EVS-22

EVS-23

EVS-24

EVS-25

EVS-26

EVS-27

EVS-28

EVS-29

EVS-30

October 1986

November 1988

December 1990

September 1992

December 1994

October 1996

December 1997

October 1998

October 1999

October 2000

October 2001

October 2002

November 2003

April 2005

October 2006

December 2007

May 2009

November 2010

May 2012

November 2013

May 2015

May 2016

October 2017

USA

Canada

Hong Kong

Italy

USA

Japan

USA

Belgium

China

Canada

Germany

South Korea

USA

Monaco

Japan

USA

Norway

China

USA

Spain

South Korea

Canada

Germany

Washington D.C.

Toronto, Ontario

Florence

Anaheim, California

Osaka

Orlando, Florida

Brussels

Beijing

Montreal

Berlin

Busan

Long Beach, California

Yokohama

Anaheim, California

Stavanger

Shenzhen

Los Angeles, California

Barcelona

Goyang

Montreal

Stuttgart

3-1. Recent EVS data

●EVS-24 Towards Zero Emission Stavanger, Norway

Date 13 - 16 May 2009 Venue Stavanger Forum

Registrants 1,069 Papers 370 Exhibitors about 100 Scale 5,000m2+

Remark Toyota unveiled the third generation PCU (650V) downsized and with a lower weight that would be installed on the New Prius.

●EVS-25 Sustainable Mobility Revolution Guangdong, China

Date 5 - 9 November 2010 Venue Shenzhen Convention & Exhibition Centre

Registrants About 1,300

Papers 588 Exhibitors About 321

Scale 30,000m2

Main speakers

Wan Gang, Minister of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China, Mayor of Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Karl-Thomas Neumann, VW China Business Executive Officer and EV specialist, Wang Chuanfu, BYD founder, Vice President of Toyota, SAE China, Prince Maurits of The Netherlands

Sponsors Toyota, Shandong Chinese Yixing Electric Vehicle, Shenzhen Wuzhoulong Motors, Gandon Energy, VW, Siemens, CLP, Nissan Motor, Thunder Sky, BYD, GAC Group, Fuji Electric

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●EVS-26 Great Minds Think Electric California, USA

Date 6 - 9 May 2012 Venue LA Convention Centre

Registrants About 2,000

Papers 408 Exhibitors About 201

Scale Not confirmed

Main speakers

US assistant secretary of the DOE, Mayor of Los Angeles, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Vice president of Toyota North America, etc.

●EVS-27 Feel Nature, Move Electric Barcelona Spain

Date 17 - 20 November 2013 Venue Gran Via Exhibition Centre

Registrants About 1,300

Papers 426 Exhibitors About 192

Scale Not confirmed

Main speakers

Executive Director of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism of Spain, Counsellor of the Government of Catalonia, Mayor of Barcelona, Director of European Commission, Nissan Motor Technical Centre Europe Deputy Director, etc.

Remark Goto Islands (Goto City and Shinkamigoto Town) of Nagasaki Prefecture received the E-visionary Award and the vice mayor made an address.

●EVS-28 e-Motional Technology for Humans www.evs28.org Goyang, S. Korea

Date 3 - 6 May 2015 Venue KINTEX

Registrants About 702

Papers 329 Exhibitors 142 Scale 11,000m2

Exhibitors South Korea: 69, China: 20, UK: 12, Germany: 8, Finland: 7, USA: 6, Japan: 3, Sweden: 3, Canada: 3, Netherlands: 2, Spain: 1, Belgium: 1, Malaysia: 1, France: 1, Taiwan: 1

Main speakers

Head of the Saenuri Party, Minister of the Environment, US DOE, Senior Vice President of Hyundai, Vice President of LG, Executive Director of GM, Senior Vice President of Renault, Alliance Global Director of Nissan, etc.

●EVS-29 Drive Electric Innovation www.EVS29.org Montreal, Canada

Date 19 - 22 June 2016 Venue Palais des congrès de Montréal

Registrants About 571

Papers 351 Exhibitors 139 Scale Not confirmed

Main speakers

Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Governor of Quebec, Mayor of Montreal, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the US DOE, CEO of Hydro Quebec, etc.

●EVS-30 http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/en/evs30/ Stuttgart, Germany

Date 9 - 11 October 2017 Venue Messe Stuttgart

Registrants 1,083 Papers 471 Exhibitors 354 Scale Not confirmed

Main Speakers

Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Commission Vice President for Energy Union of the European Commission, The board of Management of Daimler AG, Senior Vice president of Groupe Renault, etc

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3-2. Prediction of registrants

1) Registrants: 700 - 1000 expected

2) Countries/Regions: About 40

(Europe) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech, Denmark, UK, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco,

Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

(ME and Africa) Turkey, Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, South Africa, Tunisia, Uganda, Saudi Arabia

(Asia and Oceania) China, India, Iran, South Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand

(Americas) Canada, Chile, USA, etc.

3) Domestic vs Overseas: 7 : 3

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(Reference) EVS 29

1. Basic data

Date: Sunday 18 - Thursday 22 June, 2016

Venue: Palais des Congrès de Montréal Canada

Program: Sunday, 18 June

3pm - 4pm: EVAAP committee meetings (Asia region operation meetings)

4pm - 5pm: WEVA committee meetings (All regions operation meetings)

Monday 19 - Thursday 22 June

8am - 9am: Plenary sessions

9am - 6pm: Technical sessions, Poster sessions, Ride & Drive, Exhibition

EVS venue exterior EVS reception

(connected to a subway station)

2. Operations

2.1 Plenary session

20th June: Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Premier of Québec,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation US Department of Energy,

President & CEO Hydro-Québec Canada, etc.

21st June: Minister of the Environment Quebéc, etc.

Key note speeches followed by a panel discussion led by a journalist from

the Wall Street Journal with panellists from Toyota, Nissan, BMW and Ford.

2.2 Lecture sessions

Category: Technical field: Vehicle (large-size vehicle etc.), Battery,

Infrastructure and Standardizations, Unit, System, etc.

General field: Analyzing for social challenging for the growth of EV,

User analysis, measures and policies, etc.

Presentation: Practical research rather than academic style, even in the battery category

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2.3 Market builders’ forums

With panel discussion style, 1 hour each

20th June: Chair: DOE, Speakers: Honda, Southern California Edison, etc.

Theme: Policy for electric charging infrastructure

21st June: Chair: Consulting company, Speaker: Audi, WEVA members

Theme: Capacity specs of the electric charging infrastructure, effectiveness of

Car Sharing, etc.

Plenary session hall (1000+ seats) Plenary speech

Panel discussion Lecture session

2.4 Panel sessions

Technical panels: 40papers/day (A-zero size)

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2.5 Meals and Reception

Items below were all inclusive in the registration fee

Breakfast: 7am - 8am Continental style breakfast served in the aisles outside the meeting rooms

(4 points)

- Lunch: 12:45pm - 1:45pm Buffet style lunch served in a special space prepared beside the

exhibition hall

- Coffee break: served at outside the meeting rooms

- Reception: Buffet style at a special space prepared beside the exhibition hall

- Gala dinner at a venue 15mins walk from the EVS venue

Breakfast Lunch

Coffee break Reception

Gala dinner Gala dinner (with band playing)

2.6 Exhibition

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Sponsor's space, country booths (Canada and China), and the next EVS host booth.

"Ride and Drive" space for electric bicycles. CHAdeMO also ran a booth.

Booths were quite spacious.

Thanks board for the sponsors Booth setting and preparation

Nissan booth Toyota booth

Honda booth EVS 30 (Germany) booth

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2.7 Ride and Drive

Registration could be done at a booth in the lobby. Outside the hall some queues of people

constantly formed in front of every tent and riding point of Nissan, Mitsubishi, BMW, etc.

Available for drivers over 25 years old, with an International Driving License. Those without a

license could ride as a passenger.

Ride and Drive

2.8 Sponsorship

- Platinum: USD150,000+ Hydro-Québec, Investissement Québec, Québec

- Gold: USD100,000+ Ontario state government, Toyota Canada, Nissan Canada

- Silver: USD75,000+ -

- Bronze: USD40,000+ American Honda Motor, Communauto, VW

2.9 Registrants and exhibitors

- Registrants: total 1711. General registrants and VIP: 571, government officials: 212, students: 65,

exhibitors and sponsors: 724, press and journalists: 55

- Exhibitors: 139 companies