Groupe Renault - 2020 Universal Registration Document

194 GROUPE RENAULT I UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2020 Find out more at group.renault.com 02 OUR SOCIETAL COMMITMENT GROUPE RENAULT: A COMPANY THAT ACTS RESPONSIBLY Groupe Renault organized a seminar for 350 firefighters from France and 10 other European countries, all of whom specialize in roadside assistance, to share with them all the latest technological advances in its vehicles that could have an impact on their work. The introduction was given by the interministerial delegate for road safety and many technical discussions with the engineering professions followed. This seminar was followed by a day specially dedicated to foreign firefighters so that they could train on a dozen new-generation vehicles from the range made available to them, on a SDIS (French Departmental Fire and Safety Service) site in Yvelines. These extrication operations were made possible by the Groupe Renault’s constructive partnership with all suppliers of extrication equipment. Consideration of technological developments and electrical risks Vehicles are equipped with increasingly efficient safety systems, but they also pack in more technologies that complicate the work of emergency services. Groupe Renault’s commitment to improving road safety can also be seen in technical and R&D collaborations, which take into account these new technological risks and include vehicle extrication and fire extinguishing tests on vehicles that use new energy sources. The Group regularly donates several hundred latest-generation vehicles for training the fire service in highway rescue. The implemented strategy focuses on four factors: improving firefighters’ knowledge of the Group’s vehicles; P acknowledgment of constraints experienced by firefighters during P their work by engineers and designers working on new products; implementation of research and innovation projects; P technical modification to vehicles. P Each new vehicle model in the range includes a decision support form (format ISO 17840) designed for operational firefighters, as well as an ERG (emergency response guide) (format ISO 17840) for alternative energy models. Emergency service needs are taken into account from the design stage of vehicles. As an example, fireman access is already a feature of the ZOE, ZOE Long Range, KANGOO Z.E. Long Range and MASTER Z.E. It will be present on future electric and hybrid vehicles in the range, such as the electric TWINGO and electric SPRING, when the power of the traction battery so requires. This is the case for the rechargeable hybrid versions of the CAPTUR and MEGANE. burn sessions took place with the SDIS 78 firefighters to confirm the proper functioning of the fireman access. Fireman access is a part placed on the electric vehicle chassis. In the event of dangerous fire, it allows firefighters to access the 400 volt battery below with their fire hose. The aim is to drown the battery by filling it with water, which is the only way to turn off a lithium ion battery quickly and permanently. This allows firefighters to extinguish the fire in only a few minutes, as opposed to one hour in its absence. Groupe Renault is currently the only carmaker to offer this technical solution to firefighters. Each new model equipped with a fireman access undergoes a burn test during its development to ensure the effectiveness of this system. Thus, in 2020, several The traction battery disconnection system (HT) is positioned directly on the battery in order to guarantee complete electrical safety for all those involved, including the emergency services. The Rescue Code provides firefighters with another tool enabling them to carry out extrication maneuvers more quickly and effectively. This is a QR code that the customer can affix on the windshield or rear window. It allows firefighters to access the damaged vehicle’s decision support sheet on the rescue site, thanks to a free application co-developed by a start-up, the French fire department and Groupe Renault. It includes information for each model, allowing firefighters to perform their extrication maneuvers safely for themselves and the victims. Other actions taken in 2020: implementation of design studies to ensure the best position for P the service plug and fireman access on future electric and hybrid vehicles in the Renault range; monitoring and ensuring that the Engineering department takes P into account the first rules of design relating to emergency firefighter interventions on our hybrid and electric vehicles; systematic verification of the appropriate performance of our P electric and hybrid vehicles in the event of fire; participation in video conferences to share our knowledge on P alternative energy vehicles with the rescue community; active participation in the Euro NCAP’s consideration of firefighter P interventions following accidents in order to define the protocol for 2023; donation of more than 600 latest-generation vehicles to the P firefighter services of France and Europe in 2020 to help improve their road rescue training; publication of three technical articles in firefighter magazines. P Integrating new technologies 2.3.2.2 The vehicle of the future will be zero emission, communicative and driverless. The communicating vehicle will be connected with other vehicles, with the road and with the environment. Vehicles will share information regarding their location, speed and expected itinerary, etc . They will also act as sensors for other vehicles, indicating traffic, road issues, etc . The information obtained will be used first and foremost to provide safety services (incident warnings for onward route, roads or areas with specific hazards, etc. ) as well as traffic services (congestion, alternative real-time itineraries, etc. ). Vehicle autonomy is being phased in, starting with partial or conditional autonomy depending on the driving situations envisaged. Clearly one of the main challenges is to ensure the safety of all users on roads that are increasingly connected and automated. Renault is therefore working in-house with VeDeCom, the scientific community and industrial partners, as well as with public authorities, on all aspects of safety: