New automotive research facility opens at Bath University
Thu 24 September 2015
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A state-of-the-art chassis dynamometer or 'rolling road' forms the centre of the £2.4m Centre for Low Emission Vehicle emissions Research (CLEVeR) at the University of Bath. The new facility will enable the measurement of automotive emissions and help ensure consistency between real world and laboratory laboratory analysis.
The Centre is the result of a £1.8m equipment funding award from the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and £600,000 of funding from the university itself.
CLEVeR will be fully operational in October 2015 and was created by the University to establish a UK centre of excellence in low carbon vehicle research and will be undertaking collaborative R&D investigations with a number of the industry’s leading companies.
The facility will also conduct analysis using a robotic driver which can be programmed to perform a range of driving styles to reflect everyday varying driver behaviour which can significantly affect the fuel efficiency and emissions of vehicles. This is vital to allow accurate, repeatable analysis of vehicle performance.
Professor Gary Hawley, lead investigator for CLEVeR and Dean of the University of Bath’s Faculty of Engineering & Design, said: “This unique new facility will open avenues of automotive research that were not previously possible. We have established a platform where fundamental academic research can be undertaken alongside applied industry investigations in a world-class environment. CLEVeR will address many of the future research challenges associated with current and future low and ultra-low carbon vehicles under real world driving conditions.”
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