i3 - September/October 2017 - 13

By Mark Chisholm

France's Faurecia
Takes Majority
Stake in China's
Jiangxi Coagent
Electronics

I N T E R N AT I O N A L FO C US

FRANCE
Tour de France
Features
Sensors, IoT
Technology

Looking ahead to what Faurecia
Chief Executive Patrick Koller
calls the "cockpit of the future,"
the French company has purchased a majority stake in
Chinese in-car entertainment
technology company Jiangxi
Coagent Electronics for 1.45 billion renminbi ($126 million or
193 million euros). The move
follows a number of deals with
technology companies, including
partnerships with French dronemaker Parrot and German auto
parts company ZF Group.

Clockwise from Top Left: Razvan/Getty Images; ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/Getty Images; Jason Doiy/
Getty Images; Santiago Rodriguez Fonto/Getty Images; Peter Hermes Furian/Getty Images

Air France, Delta
Partnership to Add
Additional Flights
to CES 2018
Air France in July announced plans
to increase the number of flights
between Paris Charles de Gaulle
airport and Las Vegas McCarran
airport, to support increased travel
to CES 2018. The French carrier, in
its partnership with Delta, will add
an additional 12 nonstop flights on
the route in early January. "France is
the third most represented country
at [CES]," stated Zoran Jelkic, senior
vice president, France, Air FranceKLM. "With our exceptional offer
of nonstop flights alongside Delta,
we are combining our strengths
to meet this high demand."

Tech

WORLD'S FIRST SOLAR
HIGHWAY OPENS IN FRANCE
The village of Tourouvre-au-Perche in
Normandy is the world's first to receive a solar
highway and is now undergoing a two-year test
drive. The highway, just one kilometer long,
features 2,800 meters of photovoltaic cells.
The Colas construction company built the highway, which cost an estimated $5.2 billion.
Ségolène Royal, France's ecology minister, hopes
to have one kilometer of solar roadways for every
1000 kilometers of roadway in the country.

Cycling fans took a deep dive
into rider data at this year's
Tour de France held July 1
through July 23, thanks to
technology supplied and managed by IT company Dimensional Data. The race's 198
riders were equipped with
multiple sensors including
a GPS sensor, RF chip and
a rechargeable battery. Thanks
to the sensors, everyone from
race organizers to fans and
broadcasters could access
comprehensive data on the
riders throughout the race via
the Tour de France mobile app.

CES Unveiled Paris
CES Unveiled will return to
Paris Tuesday, October 24,
2017. Join an expected 80
tech companies, including
budding startups and global
brands from throughout
France as they showcase
the latest transformative
technologies at the 5th CES
Unveiled Paris held at the
Palais Brongniart.

Google Prevails in French Tax Ruling
After six years of sparring with the French tax authority, Alphabet,
Google's parent company, won a major victory when a judge found that
the company was not accountable for 1.11 billion euros, or $1.27 billion,
in taxes. While the ruling is expected to be appealed, the judgment is
expected to have implications for other technology companies operating
in France, including Apple and Amazon.
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