June, 2008 - AVRC is now an approved and certified A123/Hymotion installer.
Raleigh, NC – AVRC is now approved as a certified A123/Hymotion Installer. AVRC has responsibility for fleet sales and installation for utility companies and other fleet operators. To date, AVRC has converted nine Prius vehicles to plug-in hybrid electric. Installation of the A123 conversion includes the addition of a 5kW Lithium Ion battery pack and onboard charging system. It can extend the mileage of a stock Toyota Prius from 48 MPG to 96 MPG (mileage will vary based on driving conditions). Conversions already completed include Progress Energy North Carolina, Progress Energy Florida, City of Raleigh, South Carolina Electric and Gas, Sumter electric cooperative, Duke Energy, Four County EMC, and Advanced Energy Corporation.
Orders may be placed directly to the AVRC by contacting Dick Dell at 919.870.9494 dickdell@avrc.com or Glenn Edmonds at 919.738.9871.
May 5, 2008 - AVRC signs business development agreement with NPL Associates for new fuel cell technology
Raleigh, NC – AVRC has signed a business development agreement with Dr. George Miley and NPL Associates for a new liquid sodium borohydride fuel cell that may offer significant advantages in civilian and military applications. For technical information, go to- Fuel Cell presentation, and go to the following link for more background on Dr. George Miley.
April 21, 2008 - Team STELLAR enters the Google Lunar-X Challenge
Raleigh, NC – AVRC, as a founding member of the Team STELLAR, has entered the Google Lunar-X Challenge. Go here for more information about the GLX Challenge -Google Lunar-X Challenge and go here to the Team STELLAR website.
March 18th - 20th, 2008 - AVRC Program Manager asked to make a presentation at the IREC National Conference in New York.
Troy, NY – The Interstate Renewable Energy Council held the second national conference for educators and instructors for providing training in the renewable energy and energy efficiency industries. The conference took place at Hudson Valley Community College near Albany, New York. Two days of conference sessions offered practices and teaching models for a wide variety of renewable energy and energy efficiency jobs. AVRC was asked to make a presentation on developing Corporate Mentorship Networks and this presentation is online here.
You can read more about the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) at the IREC History Page or at their website - Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
March 7th & 8th, 2008 - AVRC Program Manager selected to judge at Virginia First Robotics competition.
Richmond, VA – The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a unique varsity sport designed to help high-school-aged young people discover how rewarding the life of engineers and researchers can be. AVRC is proud to have provided a Program Manager to judge in the competition. An article on the competition in the Richmond Dispatch can be viewed here.
Read more about Virginia First from the website - Virginia First. Read more about the National USFirst competition here - USFirst.
March 6th, 2008 - Automotive Industry Forum in North Carolina.
Raleigh, NC – A half-day Automotive Industry Forum, sponsored by the North Carolina State University Industrial Extension Service, in conjunction with Underwriters Laboratories, covered topics relevant to suppliers (and those that wish to be) to the automotive industry. An informative round table discussion included such topics as common pitfalls on the Path to TS 16949 Registration, the impact of technology on Automotive Design, the Global Automotive Market - "How Did We Get Here...and Where Are We Going?", and the challenges associated with outsourcing - an OEM's perspective.
More details can be found here - NCSU and UL Automotive Forum.
February 27th, 2008 - AVRC was pleased to welcome Dr. George Miley to present a seminar at NC State University.
Raleigh, NC – On February 27th, the AVRC hosted Dr. George Miley to present at a joint seminar of the NCSU Nuclear Engineering Department and the NCSU Physics Department titled "Inertial Electrostatic Confinement (IEC) Fusion: Physics and Applications". We are pleased to provide the Powerpoint Presentation from this seminar as well. For those with a lower connection speed, you can download a compressed file of the same presentation here.
For more information on Dr. Miley, an abstract on his presentation and accomplishments, see Dr. Miley accomplishments and seminar abstract.
February 25th, 2008 - AVRC expands into Danville, Virginia.
Danville, VA – The City of Danville and Pittsylvania County announced today that the Advanced Vehicle Research Center (AVRC) will expand to the Cyber Park near the Danville Regional Airport. The company plans to invest $3.5m and employ 30 full-time workers. The company will do research on off-road and alternative fuel vehicles. Read more about it in this press release- AVRC expands to Danville, Virginia, or in this article.
See what Congressman Goode had to say about the Advanced Vehicle Research Center here. See video footage of the event and an interview with Dick Dell, Executive Director of AVRC, on the Danville City Manager Reports here.
October-November, 2007 - AVRC partners with Progress Energy.
AVRC, the Advanced Vehicle Research Center, partners with Progress Energy! Read more about it here.
September-October, 2007 - 'AVRC begins new expansion.'
AVRC, the Advanced Vehicle Research Center, announced today that the company will lease 5,000 s.f. of office space in the town of Nashville, Nash County, North Carolina.
Full Press Release is located here.
June-July, 2007 - 'It's a plug-in world.'
Staff from the AVRC has just completed the first plug-in hybrid conversions in North Carolina. Along with an engineer from Hymotion, a Canadian company that manufactures a plug-in hybrid conversion kit, we have successfully upgraded three Toyota Priuses to have plug-in recharging capability.
The work was done in cooperation with the Advanced Energy Corporation of Raleigh and was completed at the Global TransPark in Kinston, at a secure building, as a guest of the GTP.
The upgraded Priuses will be able to get more than 100 MPG under normal city driving conditions using the lithium ion battery packs as their primary power source for the first 30-35 miles of driving.
Main contact for additional information is Dick Dell, Executive Director, Advanced Vehicle Research Center, 919-870-9494 office.
May-June, 2007 - 'A Lone Wolf goes for the prize.'
The Lone Wolf, a semi-autonomous vehicle was sighted driving itself at the Global Transpark
The AVRC team is proud to be a sponsor of the Insight Racing Technology team! Full articles on the Lone Wolf can be found here and here.
