Millbrook Proving Ground

NFI subsidiary Alexander Dennis’ next-gen Enviro400EV confirmed as the most efficient battery-electric double-decker tested via Zemo in the UK

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Monday, February 26, 2024
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LARBERT, United Kingdom, Feb. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: NFI, OTC: NFYEF, TSX: NFI.DB) NFI Group Inc. (NFI or the Company), a leading independent bus and coach manufacturer and a leader in electric mass mobility solutions, subsidiary Alexander Dennis Limited (Alexander Dennis) today announced that its next-generation Enviro400EV electric double decker has completed the Zemo Partnership’s zero-emission bus testing and certification program.

Key Points: 
  • The work, which was undertaken at UTAC’s approved test facility at Millbrook Proving Ground, confirms an average energy consumption of just 0.67kWh/km across the UK Bus Cycle.
  • This makes the next-generation Enviro400EV the most efficient battery-electric double decker tested to Zemo Partnership standards to date, delivering a 10% efficiency advantage over competitors’ vehicles of comparable battery size.
  • The UK Bus Cycle represents a mix of common operating conditions with separate phases modelled on inner urban, outer urban and rural routes.
  • NFI offers the widest range of zero-emission battery and fuel cell-electric buses and coaches, and its vehicles have completed over 150 million EV service miles.

Dense Air lead consortium wins: UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Future RAN Competition

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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LONDON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dense Air Limited, along with a consortium of industry and academic partners, has been successful in securing funding from the 'Future RAN competition - Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain' run by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dense Air Limited, along with a consortium of industry and academic partners, has been successful in securing funding from the 'Future RAN competition - Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain' run by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
  • 5G deployment and mass delivery of gigabit services by mobile network operators is critical to the economic development of the UK.
  • "On behalf of Dense Air and our consortium partners, we are delighted that the UK Government, through its DCMS 5G Future RAN competition, has chosen our CoMP-O-RAN project.
  • The technology this project will develop will fundamentally change the deployment economics and "cost per Gbit" of Open RAN solutions in the UK and other international markets."

Dense Air lead consortium wins UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Future RAN Competition

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Mark (given name), Radio, Architecture, Imaging, Digital, UK Government G-Cloud, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Technology, MNOS, CBRS, Economics, DCMS, University, Mobile network operator, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Industry, Software, Hertz, Partnership, Transport, Culture, Department, Critical communicative methodology, RAN, Employment, MIMO, Government, Resource management, Comp, Ecosystem, High-pass filter, Solution, UTAC, Economic development, Millbrook Proving Ground, Algorithm, Creative industries, Video game console, Rail transport

LONDON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dense Air Limited, along with a consortium of industry and academic partners, has been successful in securing funding from the 'Future RAN competition - Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain' run by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Dec. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dense Air Limited, along with a consortium of industry and academic partners, has been successful in securing funding from the 'Future RAN competition - Diversifying the 5G Supply Chain' run by the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
  • 5G deployment and mass delivery of gigabit services by mobile network operators is critical to the economic development of the UK.
  • "On behalf of Dense Air and our consortium partners, we are delighted that the UK Government, through its DCMS 5G Future RAN competition, has chosen our CoMP-O-RAN project.
  • The technology this project will develop will fundamentally change the deployment economics and "cost per Gbit" of Open RAN solutions in the UK and other international markets."

New Cenex-Connected Automated Mobility Event to Showcase Innovation in Potential £907 Billion Autonomous Vehicle Market

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
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Cenex has launched Cenex-Connected Automated Mobility (CAM), a new event dedicated to the fast-growing Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) sector.

Key Points: 
  • Cenex has launched Cenex-Connected Automated Mobility (CAM), a new event dedicated to the fast-growing Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) sector.
  • Co-located with the Cenex-LCV2019 Low Carbon Vehicle Event, it will take place at Millbrook Proving Ground on 4th and 5th September 2019.
  • The expansion of the CAV market has seen increasing numbers of exhibitors focused on the area, with 2018s CAV Showcase the largest yet.
  • As well as static exhibits, the Millbrook venue allows for connected and automated vehicle demonstration under controlled test track conditions.