The PICASSOS project, which stands for Proving Integrity of Complex Automotive System of Systems, is a three-year research initiative led by Ricardo together with partners Jaguar Land Rover, Johnson Matthey Battery Systems, YorkMetrics, D-RisQ and the universities of Oxford, Coventry and Warwick. 

At the Automobility 2016 event at the Ford Motor Company Conference & Event Centre, Dearborn, Michigan, on 13th October, Ricardo is set to publish a white paper that details the importance of safety case development to support the public introduction of autonomous mobility, based on the international work of Ricardo Rail in ensuring the safety of autonomous vehicles on both the railway and highway.

Crafting the right noise signature for operational and brand expectation requirements, proving that autonomous light electric vehicles are sufficiently safe for highway operation, and creating new electrical/electronic architecture as well as including a new tilting four wheeler architecture for L-category vehicles will be among key challenges to be featured at the first Light Electric Vehicle Summit (LEVS), in technology presentations by Ricardo...

An agreement between Ricardo and Anhui Quanchai Engine has been signed to support the development of a new generation common rail diesel engine platform for commercial applications.

The DDFlyTrain project has projected a fuel saving of around 10% based on the use of high speed flywheel brake recovery technology retrofitted to DMU rolling stock. This order of saving means that the technology has a potential ROI of inside five years. The project has also produced a proof of concept test rig used to demonstrate the technology to rail industry stakeholders and a concept for integration onto a Bombardier Turbostar DMU.

With the increasing electrification of vehicle powertrains – from electric city cars to conventional and plug-in hybrids and from motorcycles to off-highway equipment and railway locomotives – an ability to engineer best-in-class electric drive systems is an important strategic requirement for Ricardo. The recruitment of a dedicated team for this end-to-end capability, coupled with the company’s longstanding and widely acknowledged leadersh...

It can be revealed today that the long-standing and highly successful collaboration between Ricardo and Chery Automobile Company Ltd of China, was instrumental in the development of the CVT system launched in the new Chery E5 vehicle.

Agreement announced today will see Ricardo and WFIERI collaborating across a range of engine technologies and market development opportunities in China.

The HyBoost project vehicle was revealed for the first time today at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle 2011 event hosted at Rockingham, UK, demonstrating a combination of high impact, low cost electrical systems which offer the prospect of radical engine downsizing using electric supercharger and energy capture and storage technologies within an otherwise conventional gasoline powertrain architecture.

Following intensive research and engineering development, Ricardo has today announced a breakthrough in its revolutionary Kinergy hermetically sealed high-speed flywheel energy storage device. A significant improvement in the magnetic coupling and gearing system has now taken its efficiency to better than that of a conventional geared drive, consolidating Kinergy’s position as perhaps the most promising high speed flywheel concept currently ava...

LowCVP study demonstrates the increasing importance of measuring whole life carbon emissions to compare vehicle performance

Ricardo Strategic Consulting has today published a white paper outlining the processes that investors and automakers should adopt as they evaluate investment opportunities and suppliers in the economically crucial, rapidly developing electric vehicle (EV) battery systems market.

Ricardo, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Ricardo plc, today announced the formation of a strategic business alliance with XRD Inc. (XRDi) and NW UAV to design, develop and manufacture a family of heavy-fuel engine solutions for unmanned systems.

Building on a highly successful collaboration over the past five years, it has been announced today that Ricardo will assist Lifan Automobile Group based in Chongqing, China, with the development of a family of highly downsized gasoline engines capable of meeting future Chinese and international fuel economy and emissions regulations.