is one of the firms taking advantage of France’s new homologation regulation and subsidies for conversions of ICE vehicles to EVs. Transition-One says it is offering an ecological transition solution for the automotive sector. Its drive is to produce these conversions at the cheapest possible cost, save carbon emissions and promote the circular economy. “With a global fleet of 1.5 billion vehicles already on the roads globally, buying new EVs alone will not reduce CO2 emissions fast enough.
“The current culture in the ICE vehicle automobile sector is such that to get a new feature, automakers encourage you to buy a new car, which is not very sustainable. We want to help more people join in the more sustainable ecological transition by offering an affordable conversion solution. To do this we have chosen to focus on the most common and most popular light cars. 7 tonnes of CO2 are emitted to make a vehicle in the same segment as a new Renault ZOE.
“Converting one Renault Clio emits only 2 tonnes, resulting in 5 tonnes being avoided when a conversion is chosen over a brand new car. Our main KPI is CO2 emissions saved. In Europe, cars emit about 1 tonne of CO2 for every 10,000 km. We have a very ambitious target. We want to help save 10,000,000 tonnes of CO2 globally by 2035. We need to be this bold in order to help fight climate change.
“We also optimise our supply chains to allow us to source most of our components locally thereby avoiding shipping components from faraway places. All our inverters are sourced locally, and battery packs are assembled locally. We plan to use the same model globally as we expand in future. We will have a franchise model where conversions are made by our partners. We have already identified over 1 000 potential partners.