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DRIVE THE LATEST ECO VEHICLES AT WARWICKSHIRE EVENT - THURSDAY 7 JUNE 2007 

Journalists can drive some of the world’s greenest vehicles this Thursday at an event showcasing some of the latest hybrid and eco-friendly vehicle technologies.

The Hybrid Vehicle Exhibition, organised by global innovation specialist WMG and Cenex, is on at the Prodrive test track in Warwickshire where there’ll be the chance to drive some of the greenest vehicles on the market.

Vehicles available to drive include: the new bio-fuelled Saab 93, the acclaimed Hydrogen 7 from BMW and the award winning electric delivery van from Coventry-based company Modec – currently taking London by storm.

WMG’s own Eco One green race car will also be demonstrated.

A major step in the building of an ultra high-tech facility at the University Of Warwick took place today when the UK’s Chancellor unveiled the foundation stone.

The Warwick Digital Lab is being built by WMG, the global innovation specialist based at the University, and will house a £50 million multidisciplinary programme of research, development and training.

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part of their initiative to engage more students with the wider APM community. A team of five WMG students beat teams from three other universities in this challenge to rival those presented by Alan Sugar.

WMG is bringing together small businesses in the Midlands with partners in India to boost investment into the region.

It has just signed an agreement with the Export-Import Bank of India (“EXIM INDIA”)  that promises to bring new opportunities and inward investment to Midlands’ Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs). 

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If you thought motor-racing was all about petrol-heads and champagne, WMG students at the University of Warwick will make you think again.

Eco One is an environmentally-friendly race car with a difference: its shell is made from hemp, the tyres made from potatoes and the brake pads made from cashew nut shells. It also runs entirely on bio-fuels and bio-lubricants.

With the help of Advantage West Midlands funding, dedicated measurement facilities and expertise are being offered to overcome the problem of large capital investment traditionally required to purchase precision measurement equipment. 

The Premium Automotive Research and Development (PARD) programme, in collaboration with Renishaw plc, a UK manufacturer of specialist measurement equipment, and LK, manufacturers of CNC co-ordinate measuring machines, are able to offer SMEs an alternative to outright equipment purchase.

Students have had a unique chance to work on some of the latest advances in science after spending a day with research engineers at world-renowned WMG at the University of Warwick.