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The eXtreme Mobility Challenge

Join the eXtreme Mobility Challenge to participate in the development of new, lighter, simpler and cheaper vehicles !

Participate in the eXtreme Mobility Challenge
XD ADEME (the eXtreme Challenge) is an extreme innovation course in coopetition whose objective is to create new travel solutions to replace the car in everyday travel in peri-urban and rural areas. Whether you are a companion, candidate, partner or simply curious, join our community in an open and innovative approach to designing the vehicles of tomorrow.

Consult the specifications !
Let's do 1000x better

THAN THE DAILY CAR
BY A COLLECTION OF VEHICLES CARRYING 1 TO 2 PEOPLE AND A LOAD OF 100kg
OR 3 PEOPLE AND THEIR BAGS

10 x CHEAPER

A car cost 0,6 - 0,8 €/km for 10000 km/year (A.C.F.)

10 x MORE SUSTAINABLE
infinitely recyclable

13 years: Average car lifetime

10 x LIGHTER

1240 kg : average car mass sold in 2019

10 x SIMPLER

Local materials & assemblies
Simplified & standardized parts

10 x more EFFICIENT

10 to 50 Wh/km instead of
+150 Wh/km

1 x SPEED

with a maximum speed between 25 and 80km/h adapted to the territory
All involved !

Simple to assemble, using standard, recyclable components, optimized for each use, they will open up spaces for creativity for town planners, mayors and developers to develop public spaces.
One eXtreme Challenge - 3 seasons

1
2022 Launch of the XD
Ideation : "Let's dream the wheel"
More than 40 teams with financial support from ADEME selected, supported and funded
Narrative and Design Study, Feasibility study, economic models, 3D CAD renderings, Flow of materials and components on different lives, Models, Videos...
Deliverables licensed under Creative Commons CC BY
Ideation relaunched in 2023 and in 2024
2
2023 From concepts to experiments
Several dozens pre/prototype rolling objects tested in partner territories with financial support from ADEME and in search of co-financiers.
Prototype and Experimentation relaunched in 2024
3
2024 First factory(s)
New companies, new production tools and new professions with financing to be defined.

And a new Season of ideation, prototyping and experimentation
Pour aller plus loin
intégration wiki
Challenge Partners
Industries, Laboratories, Schools, Public authorities, Competitiveness clusters, Associations
Provide the Challenge with their resources and skills

Innovation Véhicules Doux