Centre to Test Automotive Electronics

August 14th, 2006

The Centre for Electronic Product Engineering (CEPE), at the University of Glamorgan in Wales, will provide industry with access to state of the art testing equipment which will facilitate advancements in the use of electronics in the automotive sector. The Knowledge Exploitation Fund - which is supported by the Welsh Assembly Government and European Structural Funds - is providing finance for some of the high tech equipment at the centre.

The University’s Fuel Cell Research Group is also being launched as part of the new centre. The Group will look at how the alternative vehicles of the future can utilise hybrid fuel cells such as electricity combined with hydrogen.

One of the key projects to be tackled by the group is the hybrid midibus project which will begin later this year. Working with industrial partners, a midibus vehicle for staff and student transportation between sites at the University will be developed. The midibus will be the first public transportation demonstration project within Wales and will be use to promote CO2 free technologies.

For more information, visit the CEPE website.

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