Beyond Roads and Waves: Technomap’s Mission to Redefine Mobility

At ZIW 2025 in Paris, we caught up with Christophe Vergneault, CEO at Technomap and an industry leader shaping the future of mobility. Founded in 1994 out of a passion for motorsport, Technomap first entered electrical architecture development in 2000. By 2018, the company had pivoted fully to mobility architectures, spanning everything from cars and boats to robotics and freight. Today, Technomap defines itself as a development hub for future mobility

Since 2005, the company has been integrating complete electric traction chains, with projects ranging from the Renault Zoé prototype to a port pilot boat in Sète. Christophe explains: “It’s about bringing building blocks together — powertrains, automation, batteries — and making them work as one system.”

Breaking Speed Limits on Water

One of their current projects is a high-speed boat with a target speed exceeding 150 km/h. While the hull isn’t their design, the entire propulsion and electrical system is their creation, a testament to their engineering expertise. This project highlights their ability to work across mobility sectors — land, sea, and even air — always with an eye on sustainable and responsible innovation.

Decarbonization as a Non-Negotiable

The presentation Christophe shared at ZIW highlights the hard truth: transport remains the key contributor to France’s greenhouse gas emissions, with road transport alone responsible for the majority.

Christophe is clear: the decarbonization of transport is no longer optional. Transport emissions are not decreasing fast enough, and real progress demands testing, validation, and adoption of revolutionary technological solutions.
While challenges remain — particularly the complexity of integrating new tech — the pace of innovation is accelerating, offering unprecedented opportunities.

Technomap is tackling this head-on by working with multiple technologies:

• Hydrogen fuel cells (e.g., Symbio for trucks, Van Hool buses)
• E-fuels and e-ammonia for maritime and retrofit solutions
• Battery-electric systems for cars, boats, and even light aircraft

Christophe sees these not as competing options, but as parts of a diversified toolkit: “We need to test, validate, and integrate across domains — the future won’t be one technology, but many.”

Digital Continuity as the Backbone

For Christophe, digital continuity is what makes innovation sustainable. Using tools like E3.series, Technomap ensures that an electrical schematic evolves seamlessly into physical harness designs, manufacturing data, and validation testing.

Their electrical harnesses are the direct consequence of function integration in a physical environment. Here, simulation, digital twins, and automation accelerate not only design but also validation — from system requirements down to crash-test scenarios.

“When we make a change in design, it flows through the entire value chain. That’s how we stay agile and reliable.”

The Road — and Waterway — Ahead

The company is already active in road transport and increasingly present in marine applications, both in France and internationally. Christophe sees enormous potential in accelerating development cycles for future vehicles and boats, meeting customer needs with speed and efficiency.

Their ultimate goal? To contribute to the collective well-being of the planet by delivering innovative, sustainable mobility solutions worldwide.

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