Advanced Research

At Electricfil, a dedicated research team works on long-term projects to anticipate technical and commercial trends in automotive markets. This way, the company provides carmakers with innovative solutions that will make a difference 10 years down the road.

Major objectives include meeting increasingly stringent pollution norms, reducing vehicle consumption and improving driving comfort and safety. This is possible through the development of new technologies and by optimizing and increasing the reliability of existing technologies.

The mission of the Advanced Research and Strategic Marketing department is to identify new products that will go to market in five years or more and launch their design.
Promising projects go beyond the "demonstration" functional prototype stage used to convince partners and enter into the full development process.

Ways and means

This integrated development of knowledge and expertise is a definite plus for Electricfil Automotive and significant resources are devoted to it. A team dedicated strictly to the long term. An activity removed from the constraints of the development process. A special laboratory, an engine test bench and a vehicle for real-life tests.

Four strategic research sectors

The Advanced Research team is made up of inquisitive and pragmatic engineers who know how to lay aside what they have learned in order to learn more.
They work in four main sectors:

• electronics and measurements,
• electromagnetism,
• ceramics and high-temperature technologies,
• mechanical engineering and testing.

An effervescence of ideas

The Advanced Research department works closely with many partners, both internal and external.
There are close ties with the Technology Watch group and the team working on partnerships and acquisitions. Within the company, other sectors contribute ideas, including Technological Marketing to assess trends, the Innovation Forum on the intranet, the Innovation Days, presentations by experts, etc.
Very open to sharing information, the Advanced Research team enhances its knowledge and optimizes the progress of development projects by establishing relations with customer R&D teams and with researchers in universities and institutes.