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Paris 2008: Heuliez, Michelin and Orange wrap a revolution in a plain package

Posted on October 09, 2008

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, EV/Plug-in, European Union, Paris Motor ShowFrench coachbuilder Heuliez, along with Michelin and Orange[TM], have brought with them to the 2008 Paris Motor Show a most unremarkable-looking car. (My apologies to fans of the Opel Agila) And that's the point. The WILL (pictured above) is meant to seem familiar and friendly even though its makers believe it is the embodiment of the future of automotive design. The technology that makes this claim plausible is the Michelin Active Wheel system which we previously saw on the Venturi Volage. It incorporates a moto...

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