Located in France, in the Lyon region, the Greenmot test center supports, with impartiality, manufacturers and parts manufacturers in the energy optimization and development of tomorrow’s vehicles, all energies combined: cars, trucks, buses, special vehicles, etc.
Its know-how includes the design and operation of high-end test facilities such as test benches and test cells, as well as the development of tailor-made products, such as driving robots or torque meter. Moreover, beyond R&D test sessions, the company implies benchmarking methodologies and technological analyses to nowadays vehicles in order to provide customers with accurate and reliable data.
With this combination of expertises, GREENMOT has developed its own retrofit kits to convert diesel-fuelled intercity into zero-emission electric vehicles now. The company thus supports local authorities and transport operators in transforming their fleet into greener solutions.
Constantly attentive to its customers‘needs, Greenmot drives innovation thanks to the interaction of its design offices and its testing teams.
KEY DATES
- 2010 : Creation of GREENMOT in Ecully (69)
- 2011 : Automotive climatic test cell construction
- 2012 : Robot Driver first development
- 2012 : Torque Testing Solution first development
- End of 2014 : Move to Villefranche sur Saône (69) acquiring new facilities of 3.500m²
- 2015 : High power climatic test cell construction
- October 2016 : Opening of High power climatic test cell
- 2018 : Introducing the design office “Engineering“
- 2019 : Fund raising and acquisition of new facilities of 10 000m²
- 2020 : Opening of the new High power climatic test cells (-32°C | +55°C)
- 2021: Green-eBus project to develop retrofit kits to convert vehicles
- 2023: New public contract for 49 school buses to be converted into electric vehicles
The founder behind Greenmot’s story
Stéphane LONDOS founded the company Greenmot in October 2010. Trained at ECAM Lyon and then at IFPEN, he spent his career at PSA and then Faurecia, as innovation manager. With 20 years of experience in the automotive world and Engine R&D, he created innovative test facilities to meet new business constraints.
THE TEAM
Around Stéphane LONDOS, three design offices and an operations department bring together expertise around the vehicle, energy and thermal management, innovative project management and the industrialization of testing and development processes.
CELEBRATIONS
10 years in 2020
Founded in 2010, Greenmot celebrated 10 years anniversary in October 2020, with the opening of new test cells and despite an uncertain health and economic context. Over the past 10 years, many steps have been faced.Thanks to ground-breaking innovations, GREENMOT has become a key partner for OEMs and suppliers in their calibration and validation development phases or energy analyses.
