As a new market for electric vehicles and related infrastructure emerges, Danville’s Advanced Vehicle Research Center wants to help guide the change.
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AVRC director Dick Dell was asked to speak at the ACEC/NC/DOT Transportation Conference on the topic of electric vehicles. Look below to view a copy of his presentation, or go here to download: NC DOT Conference October 2010.
Dr. Gao’s book, Modern Electric, Hybrid Electric, and Fuel Cell Vehicles: Fundamentals, Theory, and Design, can be found on Amazon.
The AVRC has been awarded a contract by the U.S. General Services Administration to provide several items under the 23v Low Speed Vehicle schedule.
The Advanced Vehicle Research Center has been contracted by NAFTC to train first responders and EMT on alternative drivetrains and fuels.
ADVANCED VEHICLE RESEARCH CENTER installed the first Coloumb charging stations in Virginia at its new Danville Headquarters. These charging stations are available to the public. For more information on how to get a Coloumb Smart Card, a charging station subscription you can use anywhere in the world, go here.
ADVANCED VEHICLE RESEARCH CENTER had its grand opening for the new Headquarters in Danville, Virginia on August 24th, 2009.
The AVRC facility is a new 16,000 square foot headquarters that includes a research and design center in the Cyber Park. Additionally, the company is developing a closed loop natural terrain track on a 266-acre site near the Danville Regional Airport. The track will be used to test manned and unmanned military vehicles and off-road vehicles.
AVRC has a commercial initiative to convert hybrid Toyota Priuses to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. (PHEVs) and other initiatives include natural gas conversion and Hydrogen mobile generation. AVRC has done more PHEV conversions than any other company on the East Coast for clients including Progress Energy, Duke Energy, City of Raleigh, and other clients from New York to Florida.
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