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
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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
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..
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..