Hopefully rested after a recent whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley and Detroit, France’s best and brightest tech companies are clearing the floors for CES.
WardsAuto’s interviews with each company reveal that they have refreshingly practical solutions to some of the moving industry’s biggest problems.
Yes, these companies all want to make the world a better place, but they plan to do so by making battery electric vehicles easier to build, manage, and finance with modern charging infrastructure, more efficient wiring harnesses, and new strategies for building, managing, and financing businesses. BEV ships.
They have simple common-sense solutions, such as using better couplings to take the weight off BEVs. Battery chargers that use block to provide more ways to pay for electricity; And, gosh, wouldn’t it be nice to buy anti-microbial, anti-scratch screen protectors for our cars like we get for our phones?
France is famous for its bold and economical ideas about technology, mobility and connectivity. A hundred years before the Wright brothers invented the airplane, the French invented it, flying over Paris in hot air balloons and parachuting. In the year In the 1950s, ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau invented underwater propulsion. When it comes to life-changing ideas about communication, Braille, a reading and writing system for the blind, was invented by Louis Braille in France.
Great technologies and companies bubble up in France every year and the best are chosen every year to participate in a special program called Ubimobility, an American program.
Last fall, eight French companies from Ford, Valeo North America, BCG, BorgWarner, NVIDIA and WardsAuto were selected by a jury to participate in the third edition of Business France Ubimobility EV, which aims to promote French companies that provide innovative solutions for electric vehicles. Independent and connected vehicles. The program introduces the companies to North American companies looking to better understand local business operations and find new solutions.
Since 2015, 50-plus companies have supported autonomous, connected and electric vehicles through Business Franchise’s UbiMobility Acceleration Programs. As a result, more than 27 students of the program are working in North America. Success stories include Navya and MyScript.
Navia is a leader in last-mile mobility with its driverless L4 autonomous vehicles. It has an installed base of 200 wheels that have transported thousands of passengers thousands of kilometers in 25 countries. In September, Navia announced a new order from US mobility operator Bip to accelerate its growth as it continues to expand its deployment.
MyScript technology is installed in more than 15 million cars and is recognized as the leading solution for OEMs when it comes to handwriting recognition in the original system.
Below is a quick breakdown on each company. The companies will be located in the West Hall at CES in the France Pavilion and can be accessed in advance via the Ubimobility EV website: Ubimobility-EV
how is It is an expert in automotive high-tech cables. It makes high efficiency cables that can bring more power to BEV batteries. The new cable designs have thinner cross-sections to reduce weight and cost. However, it claims its more efficient designs will speed up fast charging times by up to 23 percent. It also has a new technology called UltraFlex, a more cost-effective insulation material than traditional silicon. He said the company has a global footprint and has been supplying Ford in Europe for years, as well as General Motors and Tesla in China. He is now hoping to find a partner to help build a presence in North America.
Clem In addition to allowing private citizens to share electric vehicles with each other, peer-to-peer vehicle sharing services like Getaround or Zipcar are designed for urban freight logistics for municipalities and other government agencies. Clem provides a car sharing and charging station management platform for businesses, communities and households; What is a business-to-government-to-consumer strategy? “We cater to the end user, but it’s a government agency platform,” the company says. Clem customers use their charging station and the clem.mobi platform to define their purpose, charge and share electric vehicles, and choose the service’s terms, pricing and brand. Clem, on the other hand, handles monitoring and user interactions.
Clafix It is a well-established connector company involved in the automotive market today with a special focus on BEV and e-mobility solutions. While many think of fasteners as having a single function, the company says fasteners can play an important role in weight savings, sound reduction, cleanliness, electrical conductivity, heat dissipation, waterproofing, and safety. The company already has a global footprint but is looking to grow even more.
Rent green It is a company specifically dedicated to electric and hydrogen vehicles. In the year Created in 2012 by Electric-Vehicle Specialists, it is a rental and sales provider of EVs aimed at professionals and communities. The company offers long-term utility and personal EV leasing for 60 months and unlimited mileage, providing customers with vehicles that free them from the risks involved in commercial vehicle management.
Transition – one It’s a startup that claims to offer a sustainable mobility solution to combat climate change. The plan is to create a new class of BEVs: older ICE vehicles retrofitted with BEV powertrains at a cost of about $8,000. The recent homogenization law in France opened the door for ICE vehicles older than 5 years to receive a subsidy equivalent to $8,000. The goal is to retrofit city cars such as Fiat 500s, Mini Coopers and other smaller vehicles with batteries and a range of about 75 miles (121 km).
“MyBatteryHealth” It’s a phone app that allows a potential BEV owner or used BEV buyer to assess how much life is left in a vehicle’s battery. The company claims to report the battery health status of any vehicle within two minutes with a few clicks. By checking the analysis with the latest battery values, the app provides a health score. With the value of a used BEV tied to the condition of the battery, the company says it could be a critical tool as BEV market share grows worldwide.
Qowat It claims to be the first EV charging network connected to Web3 technology and using blockchain to enable new ways of charging and selling electricity for BEVs, including the use of cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company says it is redefining the way charging stations are manufactured, marketed and used. The stations are multilingual and you are charged by kilowatt consumption, not by time on charge. QoWatt says charging time can be biased because older, less expensive EVs can’t charge as well as newer, more expensive vehicles with modern battery technology.
ProtectECRAN It has been innovating, developing and manufacturing protective films for all touch screens and surfaces since 2016. Its protective films have the ability to act as a barrier against bacteria, microbes, viruses, scratches and shocks. It’s moving into the automotive arena to protect the much larger — and more expensive — touchscreens in vehicles, including insurance programs like cellphones to replace cracked and damaged screens.
