Roadmap to autonomous driving, AV levels, its impact
on powertrains of the future
- Autonomus driving vehicle
- Powertrain requirements for autonomous vehicles
- Scaleable functionality for ACE (Autonomous, Connected and Electric)
Ricardo is a global engineering, environmental and strategic consultancy with turnover in FY12/13 of £230million (US$352million with Jul-2013 exchange rates).
Our mission is “Delivering excellence through innovation and technology” and this defines everything that we do.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen
It is an honour to speak to you today as we celebrate the centenary of two important organisations – the British Chamber of Commerce and Ricardo. Since my recent appointment as chairman of Ricardo, I have been excited to see the strength and depth of engineering and technology that sits behind this globally recognised organisation. It is the commitment to solving our clients’ and industries’ enduring challenges that has sustained Ricardo through 100 years of successful operation to become a “go to” company for most of the worlds blue chip engineering companies
We felt it was therefore fitting to spend a few minutes to share something of the Ricardo story. It is a privilege to be part of an organisation that can celebrate its 100 year anniversary. In today’s competitive environment to survive and continue to be successful based around a platform of innovation and technology is an uncommon feat.
I would like to ask Mark Garrett our Chief Operating Officer, to take us through the outline for the lecture and give us a glimpse of what the world may be like 100 years from now.