Pi Innovo LLC is pleased to announce that Applus+ IDIADA has reinforced its capabilities in the electronics area through the purchase and license of certain assets of Pi Innovo Limited in the UK.
Pi Innovo LLC, headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, will continue to design, develop and supply the full OpenECU® product line, while Applus+ IDIADA will expand its electronics service offering to include the extended use of OpenECU, and will also distribute the product worldwide on a non-exclusive basis. Pi Innovo LLC and Applus+ IDIADA plan to collaborate to maximize the commercial success of both parties’ business interests.
“Having ...
Archive / July, 2015
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Pi Innovo LLC strengthens relationship with Applus+ IDIADA
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Ricardo100 Global Challenge concludes with final ceremonial drive
29 July 2015Having crossed Europe, India, China, Japan and the United States since setting off in May, the Ricardo100 around-the-world charity rally finished yesterday back in the UK, with Sir Harry Ricardo’s daughter, Dr Camilla Bosanquet, completing the final short section of the tour in a Le Zebre sedan designed by Ricardo in 1923.
One of the highlights of the Ricardo centenary year celebrations, the Ricardo100 Global Challenge has involved teams of Ricardo staff from its many global sites. The charity relay event commenced on 14 May, leaving the Ricardo Shoreham Technical Centre ...
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Ricardo opens state-of-the-art Vehicle Emissions Research Centre
28 July 2015The new £10 million Ricardo Vehicle Emissions Research Centre (VERC) – a world-class facility that will enable the development of next-generation of clean, low carbon vehicles – was formally opened today as part of the company’s centenary celebrations at its world headquarters in Shoreham-by-Sea, UK.
The new Ricardo VERC is one of the world’s most advanced emissions test facilities, designed to accommodate the development requirements of the next generation of more environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient road-going vehicles. A completely new, purpose-built facility, the VERC has been configured to allow for maximum flexibility and efficiency of operation. It has been designed ...
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Engineering refinement and low noise – Ricardo opens upgraded vehicle NVH facility
23 July 2015With international regulations set to require unprecedented reductions in exterior noise – and automakers striving to achieve the ideal sound character for their new products – Ricardo’s significant upgrade of its Vehicle Anechoic Test Facility (VATF) at the Shoreham Technical Centre will expand the range of vehicles that can be tested, and represents a significant enhancement of refinement service.
The Ricardo VATF has been the development and test environment responsible for some of the most iconic vehicles engineered by Ricardo in support of its customers’ new vehicle programmes. Originally commissioned in 1993, the facility enables vehicles to be tested for their ...
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New test environment will enable high-speed flywheels to be engineered for safety
06 July 2015The Ricardo-led ‘FlySafe’ research collaboration – involving a range of leading industrial and academic partners including the University of Brighton’s Centre for Automotive Engineering – has delivered a highly innovative flywheel safety test environment to enable the development of next-generation flywheel energy storage systems.
The FlySafe project is investigating the potential failure mechanisms and behaviours of high-speed flywheel systems. Operating at extremely high rotational speeds, these systems offer a highly practical and potentially cost-effective mechanical means of saving fuel and reducing carbon emissions through the mechanical storage and reuse of energy in applications such as regenerative braking. The FlySafe research aims to provide best-practice design guidelines for the safety containment systems of ...