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WMG, University of Warwick, together with their design partners Ingerop/Rendel.</p> UK Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) innovation Coventry electric vehicles Coventry VLR VLR transport Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:25:32 GMT 8a1785d77b77d622017c2737b2de1d11 https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/coventry_very_light <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/news/pressreleases?sbrPage=%2Fnews%2Fpressreleases&newsItem=8a1785d8785a72c8017860d5954649ee" alt="image"></div><p>The prototype vehicle has done a tour of Coventry so it could see its future operational home. After leaving the vehicle production site in Coventry it stopped outside the Co-op building and the Transport Museum so that the public could get a better view.</p> Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Coventry electric vehicles Coventry VLR Sciences Tue, 23 Mar 2021 20:45:00 GMT 8a1785d8785a72c8017860d5954649ee https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/early_construction_of_prototype_innovative_light_rail_vehicle_for_the_city_of_coventry_1 <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/news/pressreleases?sbrPage=%2Fnews%2Fpressreleases&newsItem=8a1785d875ffd81b017603fba91518b3" alt="image"></div><p>On the 25^th November Coventry City Councillor Jim O'Boyle, Coventry Cabinet Member for Jobs and Regeneration, took the opportunity to see how the construction of the Coventry VLR prototype, developed by engineers at WMG, University of Warwick for the City of Coventry is progressing.</p> Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Coventry Coventry VLR Sciences Thu, 26 Nov 2020 09:56:00 GMT 8a1785d875ffd81b017603fba91518b3 https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/innovative_partner_awarded <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/news/pressreleases?sbrPage=%2Fnews%2Fpressreleases&newsItem=8a17841a71bb9e770171cbdea605441c" alt="image"></div><p>The Coventry Very Light Rail project is about to embark on a new adventure, investigating how to create a low cost trackform for the light rail carriages already in development, thanks to £1.5m funding from West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), secured by CCC. This project aims to revolutionise affordable public transport in towns and cities.</p> Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Engineering council Coventry Coventry VLR transport Sciences Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:14:00 GMT 8a17841a71bb9e770171cbdea605441c https://warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/pressreleases/first_look_at <div class="news-thumbnail" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><img class="thumbnail" width="100" height="100" src="https://warwick.ac.uk/sitebuilder2/file/news/pressreleases?sbrPage=%2Fnews%2Fpressreleases&newsItem=8a17841a694903d901697c4e21bd1d44" alt="image"></div><p>Engineers and researchers at WMG, University of Warwick, are working alongside Transport Design International (TDI), based in Stratford, to develop a battery-powered, lightweight, rail-based vehicle to operate in Coventry.</p> University of Warwick Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) Coventry Coventry VLR Sciences Thu, 14 Mar 2019 13:04:00 GMT 8a17841a694903d901697c4e21bd1d44