Ep Tender + Tender'Lib ev2

1 April 2013

Breaking the glass ceiling

of electric vehicle range ! FEV[ER]= Full Electric Vehicle + add-on Extended Range

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* A range extender (typically ICE, or fuel cell)

* Mounted on a small trailer (200 kg, 1.3 m long)

* Attached to an electric vehicle (typically class A or B)

* Capable of easy manoeuvring in reverse mode

* 24/7 self service rental on motorways and city periphery for long distance trips

* A small luggage rack allows for additional payload

* Range > 600 km (and more with refueling)

* With EP Tender the EV can be the main car of most, not just the second car of a happy few

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*http://youtu.be/KtKmCIJC4Vo (Patent pending)

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*A range extension service for EV

*The range extender is rented:

* It is the least used part of a good EV

*Maintenance is provided by the rental network

*Technical progress upgrades can be implemented

*TCO is significantly reduced by sharing the resource

*Availability managed in real time

*The car itself, which is the most personal component and mostly used daily, remains owned individually

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Battery Electric Vehicle

Grid

(charging at home or office)

fuel or gas

(ICE generator)

Hydrogen

(fuel cell)

Short trip 98.5% of trips

75% of distances

Long trip 1.5% of trips

25% of distances

Efficient/green electricity

Progressive deployment of H2

infrastructure becomes viable !

Large fleet of affordable cars

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* Individual benefits: Range and cost

*Collective benefit: decarbonisation of transports

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*Carry over 35kw range extender

*OEM willing to perfect and standardize the all-in-one hitch and offer it as an option on their FEV

*Partners willing to develop a Tender rental network in the Americas

*Local authorities or fleets managers willing to make a pilot test

*Carry over fuel cell and H2 tank

*Trailer makers willing to license the reverse drive mechanism for light duty trailers or boat trailers

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*EP Tender may be the widely hoped for catalyst to boost

sales and public adoption of electric vehicles

*Deployment costs significantly less than the investments

required for fixed charging infrastructure.

*This service is fully in accordance with the sociological

evolution towards more shared resources

*While resolving in a pragmatic and efficient way the twin

constraint of range and cost of EVs

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Jean-Baptiste Segard

EP Tender SAS

3 rue Gustave Eiffel

78306 Poissy Cedex

France

jean-baptiste.segard@eptender.com

+331 82 72 60 23

+336 09 36 09 26