GO-AHEAD FOR AVL-TU GRAZ TRANSMISSION CENTER:
GEARBOX SYSTEMS ON THE TEST RIG
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The AVL-TU Graz Transmission
Center at the Inffeldgasse campus
is equipped with cutting-edge
test rigs and offers optimum infrastructure
on an area of 750 square
meters for research into transmission
systems of all kinds – from hybrid
drives to power axles for electric
vehicles. Partners AVL List and
TU Graz will carry out fundamental
studies and research into transmission
technology with a focus on the
electrification of gearing systems. The
Center will start work at full capacity
in the initial development stage
in May 2017.
Helmut List, CEO of AVL: “There
is a long and winding road between
developing high-quality system so-
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AVL and TU Graz open the world’s most advanced competence center
for research and development on novel transmission systems.
High-tech company AVL
hosted the 29th edition of its trend
conference “Engine & Environment”
in Graz. As powertrain development
is experiencing a phase
of phenomenal dynamic change. The
theme of this year’s conference was
“Competition of Powertrain Systems
to Minimize CO2 and Emissions
2020/2025“. Speeches on the
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The AVL “Engine & Environment”
conference has been established in 1988.
lutions and their industrial implementation. And it is along this path of electrification
of transmission systems that we now want to travel in close partnership
with TU Graz. This way we can ensure that AVL expands its international
leading position in research and development of modern drive solutions.” <
subject were held by top-ranking
representatives of vehicle manufacturers
including Mitsuo Hitomi
(Mazda Motor Corporation), Gerald
Killmann (Toyota Motor Europe),
Patrice Marez (PSA Group), R. Velusamy
(Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd),
Brian Cooper (Jaguar Land Rover)
and Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner
(Volkswagen AG). <
COMPETITION
OF POWERTRAIN
SYSTEMS TO
MINIMIZE CO2
AND EMISSIONS