The Electrified Propulsion Research Centre (EPRC) is a customisable facility for the research and development of the next generation of electrified vehicles from component level subsystems to fully integrated very high performance powertrains.

The Electrified Propulsion Research Centre combines Ricardo's capability in vehicle testing with state-of-the-art digital engineering techniques and tools, reducing development time and cost by linking physical and virtual development, particularly for software which now typically drives the critical development path for complex electrified systems.

The facility enables us to offer an end-to-end, seamless service that embraces software and simulation from concept through the product development process, incorporating physical test as an essential touchpoint at key stages.

It facilitates electric vehicle testing and development across all platforms including:

• Automotive
• Commercial vehicle
• Defence
• Industrial and Off-highway
• Motorsport and high performance vehicle
• Motorcycle.

As well as offering accurate testing of electrified vehicle platforms in a wide-ranging real-world operating conditions to improve quality and robustness of developed systems, we can effectively switch between the physical and virtual domains as we develop and optimise the architecture of the vehicle, the attributes, safety, performance and reliability. Where we need validation of simulation models we can physically test and provide robust validation data for those models.