The SOFTCAR revolution Lowest cost and cleanest car ever

The SOFTCAR revolution Lowest cost and cleanest car ever

The SOFTCAR revolution
Lowest cost and cleanest car ever
SWISS MADE
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Juin 2011
Swiss Mobility Days – 7 April 2016
12/04/2016
CONFIDENTIAL
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Once upon a time in Biel…
SWATCH Mobile 1995
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SOFTCAR– A Swiss story based on 50 cumulated
years of experience in EV development
Swatch Mobile 1995
CREE 2000
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Softcar 2014
TOTAL Car 2011
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ePod 2015
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Softcar 2016
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CREE has been manufactured in Switzerland
and is still produced under license in Poland
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CREE 2000
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SOFTCAR– A Swiss story based on 50 cumulated
years of experience in EV development
Swatch Mobile 1995
CREE 2000
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Softcar 2014
TOTAL Car 2011
12/04/2016
ePod 2015
CONFIDENTIAL
Softcar 2016
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The TOTAL car - First bio-polymer car
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Crush test campaigns demonstrated the very
high energy absorption capacity of biopolymer
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Softcar will offer best-in-class
safety level thanks to the
combined use of biopolymer
and aluminum structure.
SOFTCAR– A Swiss story based on 50 cumulated
years of experience in EV development
Swatch Mobile 1995
CREE 2000
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Beijing Olympics 2008
Softcar 2014
TOTAL Car 2011
12/04/2016
ePod 2015
CONFIDENTIAL
Softcar 2016
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Aventor as the Softcar’s lab
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SOFTCAR’s novel concept builds on the Swatch
strategy to reducing number of parts
Classic watch
91 parts
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Swatch
Classic car:
40’000 parts
51 parts
Softcar:
1’800 parts
SOFTCAR maximises the use of bioplatics
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Biopolymer parts are produced with
Rotomolding process
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Ecodesign bringing added economic value
New materials
Novel architecture
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Production
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New manufacturing
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Utilisation
Disposal
• No Paint
• Ultra high efficiency
• No chemical treatment
• Ultralight: 480 kg incl. batt. • Towards 100% recyclable
• Only degradable materials
• Reduced # of parts: 1800
Very low capital invest.
Highly competitive cost
(mCHF 20)
(CHF < 10’000)
High recycling value
The SOFTCAR project has been accompanied by
research, design, strategic and industrial partners
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Concept well-adapted for autonomous vehicles
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Financing – 2nd & 3rd round open to investors
1st round (2011-2015)
Development Phase
(Switzerland)
mCHF 1.4
• Valuation: mCHF 4
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2nd round (2016)
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3rd round (2016-2017)
Prototype phase
Industrial ramp-up
(Switzerland)
(1st Plant in China)
mCHF 5.5
mCHF 27
• Production tools and
first 10 vehicles
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• Capacity 5000 cars/yr
• NPV = CNY 230 millions
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Success is not a objective, it is a consequence !
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