AIC signs agreement with Ohio University Research Center
Agreement seeks to develop cooperation on a number of research lines on issues relating to new vehicle propulsion systems | 07/06/2010Bilbao, 7.6.2010--
AIC-Automotive Intelligence Center and Ohio State University Research
Foundation-Center for Automotive Research (OSU-CAR) have signed an agreement
regulating a joint search for areas for cooperation, fundamentally in research
into new propulsion systems such as electricity, in vehicles.
Activities are to include the
exchange of experts, joint training and research in a range of issues that add
value for both organizations and provide greater knowledge and understanding of
new developments.
OSU-CAR is an
interdisciplinary research center that focuses on advanced electric propulsion
and energy storage systems for reduced fuel consumption and emissions; advanced
engines and alternative fuels, intelligent transportation systems and
autonomous vehicles, noise, vibrations and dynamics, vehicle chassis systems
and vehicle and occupant safety.
AIC is a foundation promoted and backed by Vizcaya Provincial Council,
Amorebieta-Etxano and Ermua city halls, a group of leading-edge firms from the
automotive industry and Basque automotive cluster ACICAE. AIC integrates knowledge, technology and industrial
development under one umbrella in a bid to improve competitiveness in the
industry.