Pierre Beuzit


Pierre Beuzit is a French engineer, and was responsible for the design of the Renault Clio in the 1990s.

Early life

He gained a degree in Physics in 1966 at the École centrale de Lyon, followed by a Masters degree in 1967, and a Docteur d'État in Nuclear Physics in 1971 from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.

Renault

He joined Renault in 1971 as an engineer. In 1972 he joined the Vehicle Synthesis Department. From 1984-92 he was Director of Advanced Projects.
In the 1990s he was responsible for the overall design of the Clio II, which was launched in 1998. The Clio II design lasted until 2012.
From 1998-2005 he was Director of Research at Renault. Although Renault is headquartered at Boulogne-Billancourt in Hauts-de-Seine in the west of Paris, the design is carried out at the Centre Technique Renault de Rueil, also in Hauts-de-Seine.
In September 2006 he retired from Renault.

Hydrogen cars

He is currently researching hydrogen as a fuel for automobiles at the Centre National de Recherche Technologique, which researches fuel cells, and is overseen by the Ministère de la Recherche.

Personal life

He is married with two children.

Publications