Welcome to CampX France​

The CampX France hub, which opened in 2022, is located in Lyon, the regional capital with over 2.1 million inhabitants in the urban area. The hub is situated close to testing facilities and spans 400m², including an innovation center, animation area, and more, providing an innovative and
productive arena for companies to develop and thrive.

While the physical location is in Lyon, the CampX concept extends beyond its physical boundaries to support the wider region. The hub's focus areas include urban solutions to address the challenges of growing cities, sustainability, and uptime and productivity to better serve customers.

Meet our team in France

Marc Bourgeois

Lead CampX hub France​

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Stéphane Neveu​

Senior Innovation Manager​

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Venture Client success stories​

Novum Tech – electric retrofit​

The aim of the project was to assess the environmental, technical and economic feasibility of electric retrofitting for heavy goods vehicles. The project was enabled through collaboration with Novum Tech, a startup with expertise in battery design and production, and with financial support from the ADEME, the French Agency for Ecological Transition​

The next milestone for this project is certification of the converted truck in order to validate compliance with current regulations. Once this approval has been obtained, Renault Trucks will begin a phase of tests under real operating conditions in partnership with Clovis Grand Paris in France.​

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Electromobility

The automotive industry is evolving due to electromobility. Consider enclosed bus stops in a hospital or a mall, or silent delivery trucks making deliveries at night. At Volvo Group, we are using the expertise gained from developing automobiles and automotive systems to develop new technology that will not only reduce noise and pollution on our roads and in our cities, but also completely alter the construction industry.

Automation

We think that automation will change how the majority of us use commercial transportation options today. In terms of productivity, safety, energy, and fuel efficiency, automation will have a positive impact on both our customers and society as a whole.

Volvo Group will gradually roll out automated applications since the appropriate amount of automation is decided by its added value for customers and society.

Sustainability

People have always moved and built things, so while that will not change – everything else must. The Volvo Group is driving prosperity through transport and infrastructure solutions. This includes the speed at which we combat climate change, the way we use the planet’s limited resources and how we collaborate. Together with our customers, supply chain partners, governments, societies, and other stakeholders, we are moving quickly to develop and offer cleaner, safer and more circular transport solutions.​

Connectivity

The most comprehensive customer offering of connection solutions for trucks, buses, and construction equipment is provided by Volvo Group. We have the most linked commercial cars and machines in the business, with over 1,000,000 connected customer assets. Our objectives of boosting productivity, reducing environmental impact, and improving road safety all depend on connectivity.

Fintech

Fintech has brought profound transformation to the transport industry, changing the models how customers utilize our products as well as the experience how customers interact with our products and services. At Volvo Group, we strive to provide customers with revolutionary financial solutions by combining mega-trends in transportation with disruptive fintech innovation. 

The CampX Engagement Programs

Venture Client

Are your startup developing a product or prototype which we can test or build upon together in a Proof of Value project? Be part of our startup Venture Client and gain access to experts from the industry.

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Venture Builder

To strengthen and expand the Volvo Group business, in house product and business owners get support to validate and bring forward cases through the lean CampX framework and Venture Builder process

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