Automotive - Invest Coventry & Warwickshire

Coventry & Warwickshire is a driver of future mobility technologies, with a long track record in design, engineering and production excellence stretching back to the earliest days of personal and mass transportation, with a strong supply of talent, and a world-class R&D ecosystem.

Constantly innovating, we’re now also at the forefront of the green technological revolution, with connected and automated Mobility (CAM) technology and zero carbon new energy vehicles, including battery electric, hydrogen and hybrid propulsion systems.

Automotive and off-highway OEM brands More than Detroit, Munich or Nagoya

OEM Vehicle R&D Centres

IN GOOD COMPANY - THE KEY PLAYERS

Global brands

Home to over 35 automotive OEM vehicle brands including Aston Martin Lagonda, BMW, Geely London EV Company , Jaguar Land Rover, Lotus, Mecalac, PSA Peugeot Citroen Vauxhall, TATA Motors and Volvo Truck and Bus, with R&D manufacturing and/or headquarter functions.

Aerospace hub

A key hub of the Midlands Aerospace supply chain, home to Meggitt and Rolls Royce, and the World-first electric Urban Air Port® for drones and flying taxis; home to Midlands Aerospace Alliance (MAA) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)

Logistics

A major UK hub for e-commerce and last mile delivery, home to both major logistics providers and those providing new technology and vehicle solutions.

auto supply chain

A long established auto supply chain, including design, engineering, testing and development, body pressings, interior and trim andpowertrain systems. Local expertise in prototyping and low volume build. Supply chain includes Antolin, Bosch, Brose, Cummins, Delphi, Tenneco, Lear, Mahle and Unipart.

Motorsport Cluster

Significant cluster of motorsport companies including Ricardo, AP Racing, Jaguar and Judd Power, part of a wider motorsport and F1 cluster stretching over to the Silverstone Racing Circuit.

Motorsport Cluster

The GE Power Conversion Rotating Machines, Rugby (RMR) Factory is a naval propulsion centre of excellence,producing quiet and shock-resistant electric motors for naval applications. RMR has the largest air vacuum pressure impregnation (VPI) tank in the world, used to seal the insulation in high-voltage motors and generators. The process prevents leaks and corrosion while improving heat dissipation making for efficient, reliable long-life motors.

Vehicle manufacturing sites

Automotive research centres of excellence

Sector ecosystem

WMG at the University of Warwick - a High Value Manufacturing Catapult focusing on low carbon transport in the areas of material lightweighting, advanced propulsion systems, intelligent vehicles and energy storage and management.

The Advanced Propulsion Centre located at the University of Warwick - showcases the £1bn, 10 year commitment from the UK Government to invest in powertrain technology of the future.

The National Automotive Innovation Centre in Coventry – co-locates 1000 engineers and academics to develop advanced propulsion systems and connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.

Coventry University has a long association with automotive design and today the Centre for Mobility & Transport is at the cutting edge of CAV and engineering. The National Transport Design Centre (NTDC) and Centre for Advanced Low Carbon Propulsion Systems (C-ALPS) are recent £60m+ investments.

HORIBA MIRA - a world-class vehicle engineering testing consultancy, with a range of track and test facilities, and a leader in automotive capabilities. It is located alongside MIRA Technology Park, Europe’s fastest growing R&D campus with many companies active in connected & autonomous vehicle research.

The Centre for Connected & Autonomous Automotive Research (CCAAR) is a unique automotive research centre dedicated to developing intelligent, connected vehicle technology, a partnership between HORIBA-MIRA and Coventry University.

Midlands Future Mobility is a 100km future mobility test bed, accelerating progress in CAV technology and infrastructure, enabling users to develop features in a highly-connected and monitored real-world environment, including city, urban and rural road networks.

The £130 million UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC) is a unique facility that provides the missing link between battery technology, which has proved promising at laboratory or prototype scale, and successful mass product

The Midlands has historically been, and currently remains, the heartland of the automotive sector. For many key global players this region is the central focus of their European operations. There are many reasons for this including access to skills, the very significant industry cluster, world class manufacturing technology, research & development capabilities and infrastructures all backed by a very strong sector relevant academic network.

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