£4m investment to support manufacturers to reduce emissions

Declan Allen, managing director at Horiba Mira, and Atsushi Horiba, Chairman at Horiba

Research specialists Horiba Mira has launched its £4m investment that is designed to help vehicle manufacturers to produce cleaner vehicles.

Its propulsion test and development centre at its UK headquarters in Nuneaton is a response to the more stringent emissions standards that manufacturers must meet since the introduction of the Real Driving Emissions (RDE) test in 2017.

The centre has been described as “an exciting leap forward for the business”.

Declan Allen, managing director at Horiba Mira, said: “As one of very few facilities of its kind around the world, the result is the ultimate engine development lab, where businesses can have all of their performance, testing and validation needs taken care of under one roof – making the process of creating a vehicle for emissions compliance effective and efficient.”

The centre allows for tests in a simulated environment which effectively replicates conditions such as temperature, pressure and humidity.

It will allow OEMs to engineer a vehicle for emissions compliance much earlier in the development cycle, resulting in significiant time and cost savings.

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