michelin worldwide

115000 Employees

69 Production facilitiesin 18 countries

184 M Tires produced/year

10 M maps & guides in15 languages (2011)

Western Europe

North America

South America

Africa, India and the Middle East

Asia (without India)

Eastern Europe

Michelin worldwide

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Michelin Research and TechnologyCreated in 1996 in Fribourg, Switzerland, to meet the challenges of sustainable mobility 75 people (50% with a strong engineer background)15 years of R&D in activities « out of the scope » of tiresElectrical, mechanical and chemical engineering all togetherPhotovoltaic panels system (55m²) capturing solar energy to produce hydrogen through electrolysisCapacity: 20 000 km/year driven thanks to hydrogen produced Designed facilities ensure top quality tests for our components and technological concepts

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Zero emission technologies were right from the beginning a « no-brainer »

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Systems using electrical energy onboard

Systems producing electrical energy onboard

Energy consumption

Batteries

Supercapacitor Fuel Cell

Motorized Wheel

Active wheel

Energy management

Electric Motor

Retax project in a nutshellThe goal of RETAX is to explore intrinsically safe and efficient solutions for mid-size rotorcraft autonomous taxiing on ground and to select the most promising solution and develop it into a technical demonstrator to be tested and verified.The former experience of Michelin in electric-drive solutions will be used and translated into a rotorcraft electric taxiing system integrated with the landing gearA real demonstrator of the electric-drive system will be designed, engineered and built.

→ it’s a significant step towards greener rotorcraft operations

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Retax project Milestones

December 2011Retax project

Kick of meeting

March 2011Preliminary Design Review (solution evaluation)

October 2011Critical Design

Review

October 2013Physical

demonstrator

December 2013Final tests

results

Example of maneuver and taxiing zone

Hangar

Loading zone

Take-off zone

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Projet RETAX

Dissemination strategy

Dissemination strategy - Intent

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Focus2012

Retax website• English website• Hosting:

Two url : www.retax-project.org andwww.retax-project.comStand-alone solution

• Followed principles:Flexible tool, easy to update - web interface with a CMS (Content Management System / Open Source) allowing content updatesThe goal is to be fully referenced and listed in search engines

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RecommendationsGood :

Availability and reactivity of Clean Sky staff

Average : Visibility of Clean Skysynergies with other JTIs?reach out to other sectors (energy, military, car)

Food for thought : Actual communication vs the submitted strategy depends on:

• ad-hoc evaluation and milestones of the project• on the industrial partner• project very close to market launch or not• IPR situation

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Thank you

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