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28th April 2021 6:00 am 27th April 2021 3:27 pm
Ricardo has received government funding to assess the commercial viability of a facility to assemble battery packs for niche volume manufacturers of electrified vehicles.
Battery manufacturing (Image: Ricardo)
According to Ricardo, these UK electrified vehicle manufacturers include some of the world’s best known prestige brands which create their luxury cars, special vehicles, or off-highway machines for a customer base in the low thousands.
Funded by the Advanced Propulsion Centre’s Automotive Transformation Fund supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the economic study will consider how to meet the particular battery hardware needs of these manufacturers across business sectors by ensuring a UK supply chain in electric vehicle components.
4th March 2021 7:00 am 3rd March 2021 9:55 am
Pete Griffiths, Market Head Aerospace at Ricardo Performance Products, sets out the challenges and opportunities for the aviation sector in the wake of the global pandemic.
The aviation industry is facing the biggest challenge in its history. Commentators have identified that despite this, the industry does have an unprecedented opportunity to ‘bounce back greener’. However, for a sector that in its early years developed innovative technology at pace, the aviation industry today faces significant challenges industrialising innovation and introducing new products.
Aerospace original equipment manufacturers face three key challenges. First, many engineering companies are unable to manufacture components with the tight tolerances required for use in airframes or engines: the investments required in inspection and quality procedures to meet the requirements of the aerospace industry are significant. In
1st March 2021 8:30 am 25th February 2021 3:49 pm
Martin Starkey, Managing Director for Ricardo Performance Products, explores the production challenges of bringing new technologies and products to market
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, widely known as Industry 4.0, is firmly upon us, and is largely being driven by digital technology. The technologies which will continue to be significant contributors to the Fourth Industrial Revolution are: robotics, AI, nanotech, quantum computing, biotech, IOT, wireless tech, 3D printing and fully autonomous vehicles.
Advanced digitisation is now common across the manufacturing sector; technology deployed in factories is increasingly complex and widely connected; and the products being made typically include a significantly greater range of electronic systems.