New funding helps develop testing equipment for British EV supply chain

Posted on 8 Jul 2022 by The Manufacturer

Innovative million pound inverter testing equipment has been developed at the University of Warwick’s School of Engineering, with almost £1m funding from the Driving the Electric Revolution challenge at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), to help speed up the development of electric vehicles (EVs) and reduce testing costs for British manufacturers.

The inverter testing facility has been used for the first time by premium car manufacturer BMW to test a new power inverter. Developed by Professor Phil Mawby and his team from the University of Warwick, the new inverter testing facility was made possible with almost £900,000 from the £33m Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres…

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