With most major international engineering and technology conferences currently taking place online, Ricardo will be participating fully via live streams, recorded presentations and virtual exhibition attendance – and focusing on a range of key topics related to electric and hybrid vehicles and future transport sustainability.

As automakers seek to use digital engineering to speed-up development and improve real-world product quality and efficiency in electric and hybrid vehicles, Ricardo has been awarded funding from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) – delivered through Innovate UK – to develop ‘digital twin’ based design and optimization solutions for electrified powertrains.

Ricardo is once again sponsoring the ATZ Live heavy-duty, on- and off highway engines event on 10-11 November – to be held online this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic – and will present papers on a range of technology themes of affecting the next generation of more efficient and less polluting heavy-duty vehicles.

Against a background of the increased application of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) in vehicles, Ricardo has today published a white paper investigating the market for LiDAR technology in such systems. In particular, the paper focuses on a new, lower-cost solution that may be disruptive to the market for vision-based sensor and real-time spatial mapping systems.

In a free webinar to be hosted on 19th November 2020 at 10:00am EST [3:00pm GMT / 4:00pm CET] Ricardo will set out why the electric vehicle (EV) service networks of the future will need to adapt to meet the requirements of new powertrain technologies, new customer expectations, and multiple new vehicle market entrants

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In a free webinar to be hosted by Automotive World at 13.00 GMT (08.00 EST / 14.00 CET) on 5 November, Dave Bennet and Andrew Auld will present Ricardo’s view on how engine and truck manufacturers can position themselves to comply with future heavy-duty on-highway emissions regulations in Europe and the United States

Report helps improve understanding of the costs, challenges and opportunities of different communication technology approaches to Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) use cases.

In a free one-hour webinar to be hosted at 15.00 BST (10.00 EST / 16.00 CET) on 21 September, Ricardo will present its perspective on how connected electronic horizon technology can improve energy efficiency, while also enabling both enhanced assistive controls for greater passenger comfort, and smart planning for zero emissions in urban areas.

A new report by Ricardo evaluates the future of eMachine development and procurement, with the aim of helping automakers and their supply chain partners decide on the eMachine designs that will power future vehicles – and specifically, determine whether these need to be bespoke or can be off-the-shelf.