C’est sur une piste très sale que se sont d’abord élancés les concurrents en début de journée, leurs monoplaces soulevant énormément de poussière. En outre, le circuit étant situé à plus de 2 250 m d’altitude, la trainée et l’appui aérodynamiques sont moins forts compte-tenu de la plus faible densité de l’air, laissant alors au… Continue reading Formula-E 2017/2018 – Mexico – 2 extra laps thanks to grip and longevity of the MICHELIN Pilot Sport EV2 tires
Category: Official Press Release
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
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
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
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 Investor Cafe: this is only the beginning
Martijn Lammers — Co-Founder
We have held our first Investor Cafe.
During this evening we presented our plans to a select group of people from our network. We informed them on what we are doing and what our plans are for the near future. We would like to thank all attendants, especially our ambassadors Camilla van den Boom, Maarten Steinbuch and Ton Backx.
Goals
The goal for this evening was to slowly start putting our mission out in the world and get valuable feedback on our plans & story. Mobilising our network to help us has proved a good strategy to test our plans against a larger group of interested people of various backgrounds. It is extremely motivating to see a growing group of people interested. Their feedback gives us a clear overview of what parts of our plans to focus on. We do this to continuously keep learning and improving.
First investors
Attendants of the investor cafe got the first, exclusive, opportunity to be among the first investors in Lightyear. To..
FAQ: How does a solar car work?
Arjo van der Ham — Co-Founder
A solar car is a car that uses the sun as its main source of energy. You might know some experimental solar cars from the World Solar Challenge, a biannual 3000 km challenge through the deserts of Australia.
The first known long distance solar car is The Quiet Achiever. Built by the brothers Larry and Garry Perkins, this car crossed the Australian continent from west to east in 1982. It reached an average speed of 23 km/h. Over the years, battery and solar technology have improved. A lot. In 2013 the World Solar Challenge introduced the Cruiser class for more practical family cars. Today the technology is at an adequate level to start the development of commercial solar cars.
How do solar cars work?
At its core, a solar car is an electric car – one with an unlimited, free and wireless power source which it takes anywhere it goes. Basically, a solar car consists of a solar panel, a battery and one or more electric motors. All these parts are co..
When cars and solar energy meet
Lex Hoefsloot — Co-Founder
Energy is the ability to do work. It is the reason why we have progressed into a highly prosperous society within 200 years. Energy veteran Gregg Maryniak showed me this graph that puts the whole story into perspective. Looking at this timescale, it suddenly becomes clear that fossil fuels are just a blip in history. In a very short time, fossil fuels gave us prosperity and the ability to accelerate all aspects of human development. Sadly, we all know that these energy sources came with a dark-side. We will inevitably switch to a new energy source.
Fossil fuels are just a blip in history. source
Despite the fact that this ‘blip’ is associated with massive amounts of energy, scientists are in fact quite certain that we can produce the same amount of energy using solar and wind power. Isn’t it fascinating how we are heading towards a future in which we can produce many times more energy using solar and wind power than mother nature has been ca..
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..