Employees 69 Production facilities in 18 countries 184 M Tires produced/year 10 M maps & guides in 15 languages (2011) Western Europe North America South America Africa, India and the Middle East Asia (without India) Eastern Europe Michelin worldwide Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 1

Michelin Research and Technology Created 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 tires Electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering all together Photovoltaic panels system (55m²) capturing solar energy to produce hydrogen through electrolysis Capacity: km/year driven thanks to hydrogen produced Designed facilities ensure top quality tests for our components and technological concepts Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 2

Zero emission technologies were right from the beginning a « no-brainer » Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 3 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 nutshell The 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 gear A real demonstrator of the electric-drive system will be designed, engineered and built. →it’s a significant step towards greener rotorcraft operations Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 4 Retax project Milestones December 2011 Retax project Kick of meeting March 2011 Preliminary Design Review (solution evaluation) October 2011 Critical Design Review October 2013 Physical demonstrator December 2013 Final tests results

Example of maneuver and taxiing zone Hangar Loading zone Take-off zone Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 5

Projet RETAX Dissemination strategy

Dissemination strategy - Intent Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 7 Focus 2012

Retax website English website Hosting: Two url : and Stand-alone solution Followed principles: Flexible tool, easy to update - web interface with a CMS (Content Management System / Open Source) allowing content updates The goal is to be fully referenced and listed in search engines Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 8

Recommendations Good : Availability and reactivity of Clean Sky staff Average : Visibility of Clean Sky  synergies 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 Michelin Research & Technology ─ General Presentation 9

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