Ricardo Quarterly Magazine

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News from Ricardo
Outgoing chairman welcomes his successor; new chemistry lab opens; HyTrans programme promises important energy savings in stop-start delivery operation
Tested to the limits
4,000,000 km a year are clocked up by Ricardo teams in Stuttgart in their durability testing for smart and other marques. Tony Lewin reports on the highly successful test programme for the new smart forfour
Diesel calibration for the US On-board diagnostics is a key element in obtaining diesel certification in North America. Anthony Smith details Ricardo’s work in this complicated area and reports on the US entrepreneur so impressed with London’s taxis that he asked Ricardo to help?adapt them for sale in his home market
rCube  The pioneering rCube development tool from Ricardo will help automakers with rapid prototyping of new network-based vehicle control architectures, says Anthony Smith
David W Thursfield Ford’s British-born head of international operations and global purchasing has been instrumental in improving the group’s manufacturing efficiency and cutting costs. Hugh Hunston caught up with him at the Detroit Auto show
Alexander Koesling Strategic programme manager for the new smart forfour, Koesling saw the co-operative project with Mitsubishi go from styling freeze to Job One in a record 33 months.

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