Atawey presents a hydrogen bicycle prototype to the French President Hollande
“Be one of the most advanced country in term of energy transition” such is the wish of François Hollande, expressed through his Rhone Alpes trip. On August 20th, he visited the French National Sun Power Institute (INES) followed by Air Liquid’s facilities in Sassenage. During this tour, he was pleased to meet a group of French innovative companies offering answers to the energy transition and the green economy.
Thanks to the urban mobility offer (hydrogen bicycle and recharging station) made by the partnership of the two companies Atawey and Pragma Industries, François Hollande showed high interests in its advantages and also pride of the French companies inventiveness and their risk-taking to solve the challenges of the urban mobility.
Mrs. Ségolène Royal and Mr. André Vallini, respectively Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, and State Secretary for the Territory Reform accompanied the President. Mrs. Royal asked personally the attendance of the hydrogen bicycle during the COP21 in order to be presented. Jean-Michel Amare confirmed the venue of Atawey to the COP21, also said as the “climate experience” which will be hold from December 4th to 10th in Paris.
Find more about the President’s visit in Rhone-Alpes: http://www.elysee.fr/chronologie/#e10060,2015-08-20,deplacement-sur-le-theme-de-la-transition-energetique-et-de-l-economie-verte-2
The tweet of the Minister Mrs. Royal regarding the hydrogen bicycle: https://twitter.com/RoyalSegolene/status/634289970199568384?lang=fr