Pierre Beuzit

'''Pierre Beuzit''' (born 1942) 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 (''Diplôme d'études approfondies'' or DEA) in 1967, and a ''Docteur d'État'' (PhD) in Nuclear Physics in 1971 from the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (''Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives'' or CEA).

thumb|right|Renault Clio in October 2007

==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 (''Directeur des Avant-projets'').

In the 1990s he was responsible (''Directeur gamme Clio'') for the overall design of the Clio II (B Product Range), which was launched in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wagz6jFEwvMC&dq=%22Pierre+Beuzit%22+Clio&pg=PT109 |title=Un sociologue chez Renault: De Pierre Bourdieu ŕ Carlos Ghosn (1984-2005) |author=Jean-Claude Monnet |date=2013-05-22 |publisher=Armand Colin |accessdate=2016-04-21|isbn=9782200288020 }}</ref> The Clio II design lasted until 2012.

From 1998-2005 he was Director of Research (''Directeur de la Recherche'') 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 (Rueil Technical Centre, or CTR), 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 (CNRT), which researches fuel cells (''Systèmes Pile à combustible''), and is overseen by the ''Ministère de la Recherche''.

==Personal life== He is married with two children.

==Publications== * ''Hydrogène: l'avenir de la voiture?'', 24 October 2007, {{ISBN|2841879739}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.cnrtr2a.asso.fr Centre National de Recherche Technologique] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130406121704/http://serveur23115.utbm.fr/ Inéva - CNRT] * [http://www.asprom.com/voiture/beuzit.pdf November 2011 presentation on hydrogen fuelled cars]

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