Ricardo is a leading provider of technology, product innovation, engineering solutions and strategic consulting to the world’s automotive industries.
Combining business, product and process strategy with fundamental technical research and the implementation of large-scale new product development programmes, Ricardo is able to take on the greatest challenges in the industry including business strategy and restructuring, process re-engineering, vehicle, engine, transmission and driveline design, engineering, testing and systems integration.
With a network of advanced and well-equipped technical centres in the UK, North America, Germany, the Czech Republic, Shanghai and Tokyo, Ricardo serves a wide and balanced customer base represented by the leading global automakers, vehicle component and system manufacturers, and automotive regulatory agencies. We also serve other sectors such as motorcycle, heavy duty truck, off-highway, military vehicle, marine and locomotive propulsion system manufacturers, as well as leading teams in all formulae of motorsport.
The need to minimise the environmental impact of future vehicles is a major driver for our own technology research programme, one of the principal means by which Ricardo maintains its technological edge. Recent benefits of this approach are apparent, for example, in the leading position Ricardo now occupies in the development of hybrid vehicle systems and of clean diesel and gasoline engine technologies offering improved fuel economy, reduced CO2 and low regulated exhaust emissions.
