MICHELIN X Multi Energy tire fuel saving for regional transport

Cette performance de pointe est le résultat de trois technologies innovantes brevetées Michelin : Infinicoil, Regenion et Powercoil, qui se retrouvent dans tous les pneus. Infinicoil est un fil d’acier continu, pouvant atteindre 400 mètres de long, enroulé autour du pneu pour assurer une meilleure stabilité de la bande de roulement, permettre des économies de carburant… Continue reading MICHELIN X Multi Energy tire fuel saving for regional transport

Publication of the preparatory documentation for the Annual shareholders Meeting of may 18, 2018

L’Assemblée générale mixte des actionnaires de Michelin se tiendra le vendredi 18 mai 2018 à 9 heures au Polydome, place du 1er  Mai à Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme). Les actions Michelin étant exclusivement nominatives, un avis de convocation, comportant un exposé sommaire des activités et des résultats du Groupe pour l’exercice 2017 et une présentation des résolutions… Continue reading Publication of the preparatory documentation for the Annual shareholders Meeting of may 18, 2018

Disclosure of the total number of voting rights and of the number of shares making up the company’s capital at March 31, 2018

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Movin’On 2018 Unveils its Preliminary Programming and a New Round of Speakers

Les grandes orientations de l’avenir de la mobilité vues par les leaders d’aujourd’hui, une incursion dans la ville intelligente, une approche de Design Thinking appliquée au transport en zones reculées : la programmation préliminaire de Movin’On 2018 plonge au coeur des grands défis mondiaux d’une mobilité propre, sûre et accessible à tous. Pour porter ce projet ambitieux,… Continue reading Movin’On 2018 Unveils its Preliminary Programming and a New Round of Speakers

MICHELIN forges stronger ties for its 2018 mountain bike programme

Le Champion du monde d’enduro 2017, SAM HILL, a rejoint l’équipe Michelin, convaincu par les performances des pneus en Enduro avec notamment les 2e et 4e places au championnat ENDURO WORLD SERIES Elite d’Adrien DAILLY et Jérôme CLEMENTZ, ou par le titre Champion du monde Master décroché par Karim AMOUR. Trois pilotes qui, cette année… Continue reading MICHELIN forges stronger ties for its 2018 mountain bike programme

Lightyear wins €100 000 in Postcode Lottery Green Challenge

Martijn Lammers — Co-Founder

We have joined the finalists on stage at the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The four other finalists came from all over the world to pitch their companies in front of an international jury (http://www.greenchallenge.info/info/juries). Lightyear will use the 100,000 euro cash prize to accelerate the development of their first car, the Lightyear One. Several preliminary rounds preceded the finals. Out of a total of over 500 companies the five finalists remained.

“All the problems we have had with zero emissions vehicles, those belong to the past now.” – Lex Hoefsloot, CEO of Lightyear during his pitch at the Green Challenge finals.

On June 29, 2017 the Dutch startup Lightyear officially announced their plans to bring a commercial solar car to the market in 2019. The first vehicle, the Lightyear One, is an electric four-wheel drive car that can handle rough terrain and has a battery range of 800 kilometers, charged by the sun. Production of th..

The seemingly impossible car

Arjo van der Ham — Co-Founder

Technology today is evolving faster than ever. When you stop and think about it, the possibilities seem endless. Every day, a lot of great (or to be honest, most of the time not-so-great) ideas pop into my, our, or your head. Although the seemingly impossible ideas are hard to achieve, it does not have to imply that they are bad ideas. That’s why at Lightyear we like to do some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations to check the feasibility of some of those ideas.

Before we founded Lightyear, we used to meet every Thursday evening to do just that. After concluding that we wanted to start a business to make this world a better place by combating climate change, we started looking for the best solution. The first step we took was to investigate the underlying causes of human induced climate change, and we quickly found the following graph:

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands, 2014, World Resources Institute.

We were s..

Lex goes USA, come meet us!

Lex Hoefsloot — Co-Founder

The dust has settled following the public launch in June, which has brought us the helping hand of many. Not only can we announce that dozens of people are interested in placing or have already placed a reservation for the Lightyear One, we have also received many applications from talent all over the world passionate about collaborating on our mission. We are expanding our team, with our most urgent vacancy being a Mechanical Architect. Although these are still humble beginnings, our movement is taking shape.

So what have I been up to? I was honoured to participate in the Global Solutions Program at Singularity University. Together with 89 people from 47 different countries chosen from thousands of applications, Lex has had a crash course in the future from the world’s best thinkers, including Peter Diamandis (“The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” – by Fortune Magazine) and Ray Kurzweil (“the ultimate thinking machine” by Forbes and as a “restless ge..

Mobility is a necessity – Everyone will always travel

Lex Hoefsloot — Co-Founder

Do you remember the game-changer of mobility in the 20th century? Yes, it was Henry Ford with his car: the model T.

From this point in time urban planning was centred around the car. The streets and cities faced major transformations. Many new features came along, like parking lots, motorways, gas stations, and traffic lights. Each of these developments helped us to move around easier and more comfortable. It became easier to visit our friends and family in other towns. The time to travel reduced from days to hours, the car unlocked many opportunities. Nowadays, the car is our most expensive possession, after our house. It is a vehicle that we trust our safety to. We use the car to go on holidays and to go to-and-from work.

Mobility changed the distance travelled, not the time travelled.
Mobility is a condition for prosperity and well-being, and research points out that mobility is not only a means but also a goal in itself. Historically, people ..

We’re in the finals of the Postcode Loterij Green Challenge!

Martijn Lammers — Co-Founder

From over 500 companies, we are one of 5 finalists in the Postcode Loterij Green Challenge. The finale is set to take place on 14 September in Amsterdam. Lex will be pitching, competing with the other companies from Denmark, France and Rwanda. The winner will take home €500.000.

The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is one of the world’s largest annual competitions for sustainable entrepreneurship organized by the Postcode Lottery (active in The Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and Germany). The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge encourages green start‐ups to send in creative and innovative business plans for products and services that contribute to a low carbon economy and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

We’re excited to be in the finals!

Being one of five Finalists means that we have already been awarded €100.000. During RTL Summer Night, a late night talk show, to which we were invited to talk about our company. During the inte..