* Investment sees HORIBA MIRA cementing its place as a UK leader in battery engineering and testing
* New facility to support an increasing demand for electric powertrains
* Advanced Battery Development Suite will make HORIBA MIRA the first business in the UK to provide dedicated facilities for high voltage battery testing in EMC environments
HORIBA MIRA – a world-leader in advanced engineering, research and product testing – has today opened its Advanced Battery Development Suite (ABDS), further cementing the business as a UK leader in battery engineering and testing.
ABDS, which represents £2m of investment by the HORIBA Group into HORIBA MIRA’s engineering capabilities, will provide test and development services for battery packs and other components for hybrid and electric vehicles.
The facility enables HORIBA MIRA to perform testing of full battery packs and battery pack components in both physical and simulation domains. The testing areas range from characterising cell behaviour, verifying software control algorithms and exercising both prototype and production battery packs. HORIBA MIRA will also be able to provide system level verification using ABDS’ integrated Hardware In Loop (HiL) equipment and its EMC facilities.
HORIBA MIRA will now be the first business in the UK able to provide vehicle manufacturers with a full suite of testing from battery components through to complete battery packs by integrating the power capabilities of the ABDS facility with its independently UK Accreditation Service audited EMC facilities. This includes EMC and electrical transient testing of battery packs in simulated real world driving conditions in both a charge and discharge state at up to 800A.
The 1,875 sq. ft. test centre is a dedicated facility for the testing and development of high voltage battery systems. The facility is capable of high resolution cell characterisation, as well as testing battery cells and modules through representative charge and discharge cycles at a wide range of temperatures to provide fully representative testing profiles. The Development Suite provides unique levels of testing capability for the UK, with the ability to test battery packs at up to 600kW, ±1200A and 1000V with ground-breaking resolution.
Declan Allen, Managing Director at HORIBA MIRA, said: “This investment demonstrates HORIBA MIRA’s commitment to reducing vehicle emissions and strengthens the business’ battery and electric vehicle engineering and testing capabilities.”
“We’ve worked with many of the leading global manufacturers and automotive suppliers over the past 70 years and this investment will enable us to deliver essential testing to support manufacturers and automotive suppliers in developing hybrid and battery systems.” For more information on HORIBA MIRA, its facilities and capabilities, please visit www.horiba-mira.com or contact +44 2476 355 000.
About HORIBA MIRA
HORIBA MIRA is a global provider of pioneering engineering, research and test services to the automotive, defence, aerospace and rail sectors. We work in close collaboration with vehicle manufacturers and suppliers around the world, providing comprehensive support ranging from individual product tests to turnkey multi-vehicle design, development and build programmes.
With over 70 years’ experience in developing some of the world’s most iconic vehicles, our engineers utilize the latest test facilities and simulation tools to make vehicles and journeys safer, cleaner, more efficient and rewarding. Our suite of over 39 major test facilities, 100km of specialised proving ground and wealth of engineering experience, combined with our expanding international presence, means we are confident that we can achieve our vision – that by 2020 every journey in the world will be positively influenced by us.
About HORIBA
Headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, the HORIBA Group is a global leading supplier of measurement technology and systems for various fields from automotive testing, process and environmental monitoring, in-vitro medical diagnostics, semiconductor manufacturing and metrology to scientific R&D and QC measurements.
About HORIBA Automotive Test Systems
A business segment of the HORIBA Group, Automotive Test Systems (ATS) which has developed global leadership in the fields of engine test systems, driveline test systems, brake test systems, wind tunnel balances and emissions test systems. HORIBA ATS is able to offer its customers complete solutions with full turnkey capability for all industries using electric motors, internal combustion engines and turbines. These include the automotive, heavy-duty, off-road, consumer goods, marine, aerospace and locomotive sectors
