Since 2014, under the impetus of Stéphane Raël, François Lapicque, Laurent Falk and Caroline Bonnet, who is leading the project, 25 teacher-researchers from 6 laboratories at the University of Lorraine (LRGP, BETA, CRAN, GREEN, LORIA and PErSEUs), along with a laboratory from the University of Haute-Alsace (IRIMAS), have been carrying out research to develop a prototype of a light vehicle.