UK-based Ricardo has given delegates to the Battery Show Europe a glimpse of how virtual reality can help to reduce development costs and increase speed to market for hybrid vehicles.
The engineering and environmental consultancy was in Stuttgart to demonstrate how its ‘Future Vehicle Architecture’ (FUVA) can bring together remote design teams for “co-simulation” of projects.
Ricardo technical specialist Paul McGahan took part in a pre-conference workshop discussing a scalable battery pack model the company is developing that guides users through the design process— starting from low-fidelity models at the early stage, where little data is known, with the model fidelity increasing as the design information and data becomes more mature and complete.
Meanwhile, the company’s global technical expert on thermal systems, Dr Cedric Rouaud, took part in a session on preventing thermal runaway through improving thermal management in battery pack design.
Ricardo, whose Performance Products division has an established capability in the design and engineering of electric and hybrid vehicle battery packs, has said it aims to become the “premier performance electric vehicle battery manufacturer”.
A round-up of highlights from the Battery Show will be published in the upcoming summer 2019 edition of Batteries and Energy Storage Technology magazine, out in July. If you’re not already a subscriber, click here to secure your copy in digital and print formats.