The Minister of State at the Department of Transport Robert Goodwill opened the UK's highest capacity electric and hybrid vehicle driveline test laboratory at Intertek Milton Keynes today. The new state-of-the-art laboratories at Intertek's car engine testing facility host some of the UK's best testing equipment and battery simulators that support some of the largest car manufacturers in the UK.
The new facility was created to support the increased demand for electric and hybrid vehicles and tougher rules on air quality emissions and CO2 reduction in future vehicles.
Minister of State for Transport, Robert Goodwill, said: "This impressive facility shows how the industry, with our support, is creating highly-skilled jobs and opportunities not just in Milton Keynes but across the whole automotive sector.
"It makes perfect sense that global companies like Intertek would choose to expand their UK base when we are the largest market for ultra-low emission vehicles in Europe. We are backing industry with a £600m investment until 2020 to ensure every new UK car an van is a zero emission vehicle by 2040."