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Ricardo Quarterly Review Q1 2018 Interview Dinesh Paliwal President and CEO, Harman Samsung Diesel’s big breakthrough A focus on the latest in technology, Ricardo’s CryoPower innovation and sustainability promises long haul trucks lower emissions and 30 percent fuel savings Sounds of silence Giving electric cars sound quality that’s authentic and appealing WINNING M-Sport’s WAYS Ford Fiestas, equipped with Ricardo transmissions, stormed to victory in the 2017 FIA World Rally Championships for both drivers and manufacturers Delivering Excellence Through Innovation & Technology Define and optimize the next generation powertrain Talk to us and nd out how we can help you select and develop optimum powertrain Visit us at: technology, using Ricardo’s R-Intelect Integrated Model Based Development (IMBD) as a Vienna Motor fast and exible virtual environment. 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Email: [email protected] Tel: (UK) +44 (0)1273 455611 Ricardo Integrated Electrication www.ricardo.com Copyright © Ricardo plc | V4 18A U Ricardo Integrated Electrication Ricardo Integrated Electrication 10 CONTENTS Ricardo Quarterly Review • Q1 2018 NEWS FeatUres 21 Industry news ..................04 Diesel’s big Electrics in abundance at Geneva show; Jaguar I-PACE highlighted; diesels fight breakthrough ...................10 Ricardo’s innovative CryoPower system back; electric barges; climate conundrum redefines combustion to offer dramatic continues; flying cars and electric taxis improvements of 30 percent in long-haul truck fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions. RQ viewpoint ....................07 Anthony Smith lifts the lid on a potentially Jamie Pitcairn game-changing technology Ricardo E&E client manager for Scotland on the value of building a circular economy through mapping the Rally champions ..............16 M-Sport’s Ford Fiestas, equipped with Ricardo nation’s bioeconomy transmissions, stormed to victory in the 2017 World Rally Championships, taking both the Ricardo news ....................24 Drivers and Manufacturers titles. Tony Lewin Unlocking grid capacity for electric vehicles; travels to M-Sport’s headquarters to meet 08 improving air quality in China’s cities; JV team principal Malcolm Wilson OBE and hear contract with U.S. Army; vision for Kenya; the story Ricardo wins FT award The sound of Q & A electric power ..................21 The sound of a vehicle is an important Dinesh Paliwal, element of its character, and many worry Harman Samsung .........08 that near-silent electric cars may be seen as Fresh from its takeover by Samsung, the devoid of personality. 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Industry News INDUstrY NEWS The latest in technology, innovation and sustainability across world industries EVs bid for premium status It had been an open secret that the 2018 derivative. And then there were Italian/ As the first electric matter of months behind. Geneva Motor Show would be a landmark Asian designer-label studies, again aimed car from a European Even in the lesser ranks there was event – the debut of the first electric at an affluent electric clientele. premium brand, electric activity: a battery version Jaguar’s I-PACE model from premium manufacturer, What was abundantly clear was that (below) was the talk of Hyundai’s small Kona crossover, Jaguar. An all-electric Volkswagen conspicuous consumption is alive and of the Geneva show more power for the market-leading concept previewing the S-Class sized well, though now wrapped in elegant Renault Zoe, and of course, a plethora replacement for the Phaeton had been ecological respectability rather than gas- of integrated urban mobility concepts, widely tipped, too, as had the European guzzling aggression. Tesla’s formula is including the VW SEDRIC and Renault debut of Volvo’s electrified premium sub- the context for all else that follows. EZGO, all relying on electric power. brand, Polestar. No question, though: as Tesla’s It might be thought that with such an But if there was a surprise, it was first head-on challenger, Jaguar’s intense focus on the utopia of the electric in the sheer variety of top premium I-Pace takes an impressively daring future, diesel would simply have been electric metal on show: the extravagant and different tack with its compact, dismissed as yesterday’s news. Except Lagonda Vision luxury sedan concept cab-forward stance, rising beltline and that – see page 6 – VW CEO Matthias from Aston Martin, a hybrid Bentley – a hatchback tail. Time will tell whether its Müller is predicting a “second spring” for first in the super-luxury segment – and early-mover advantage will be enough diesel, and other German heavyweights Porsche’s unexpected, near-production to keep it ahead of the phalanx of continue to invest in more advanced Mission E Turismo, ruggedized as a Cross German heavy hitters that are only a diesel models. The market share of diesel cars in Europe fell a sharp eight percent in 2017 in the wake of negative publicity, and overall CO2 emissions have risen as buyers switch to gasoline models. But at the same time, many in the industry also celebrated an almost 20 percent spike in the sales of SUVs, the fastest-growing sector of the market. It took independent commentators and environmental organizations to make the connection and point out that the rapid rise of SUVs, with their higher weight and inferior aerodynamics, could be a bigger influence on CO2 emissions than changes in engine type. In what is being seen as a landmark judgement, a court in Leipzig has ruled that German cities do have the right to ban diesel cars in order to maintain the required air quality. This further intensifies the pressure on diesel, and automakers are becoming publicly less enthusiastic about the fuel, with Toyota and Fiat-Chrysler abandoning it for upcoming passenger cars. PAL-V is first production flying car This year’s Geneva auto show hosted the auto industry debut of the PAL-V, claimed to be the world’s first production flying car. The Dutch-built machine seats two, uses twin Rotax engines, and has short take-off and landing runs thanks to its gyroplane principle, which uses unpowered rotor blades. The model is already on sale at a price upwards of €300,000. 4 RQ • Q1 • 2018 Industry News NEWS IN BRIEF Highlighting the latest thinking in automotive engineering and technology worldwide The robot that charges Among the more imaginative ideas to emerge from the spring show season was CarLa, a fully automated service robot whose task it is to recharge electric vehicles. Co-developed by VW Renewables mean business and industrial robot maker Kuka, CarLa promises to boost the acceptability of e-mobility by automatically charging a Onshore wind is the most price- from their earlier steady 3 mm per customer’s vehicle as soon as it has been parked. This could competitive form of new generating year, according to a research team at take place autonomously, though it is not yet clear whether capacity, and all renewable technologies CIRES, and University of York scientists CarLa will be able to operate with cabled as well as with will be cost-competitive with fossil have discovered