Founded in 1999, Potenza Technology was formed from the Rover Group Hybrid and Electric research department. From our initial project, developing a Gasoline Reformer Control System for a Hydrogen fuel cell application, we have worked at the forefront of electric powertrain technology. Our focus has traditionally been automotive, supporting niche vehicle manufacturers through to major OEMs and their supply chain with the development and implementation of new technology. This includes, notably, safety engineering, initially along the principles of IEC61508 and more recently ISO26262. Additionally we have undertaken a number of projects in the aerospace sector and include Airbus, Grob, Piaggio and Pilatus amongst our customers past and present.
Based in Coventry in the UK, we are a dynamic team of engineers working on a range of projects for customers and launching our own products. Battery expertise has been developed over a number of years, developed initially for the Westfield iRacer, an all electric racer car which asked new questions of electric vehicle technology not answered by products commercially available at that time.
We have developed a significant capability in the field of body electrical systems, building on cutting edge research projects looking at wireless and power line carrier based technologies to simplify automotive body system. Most recently we have worked on the Ariel Hipercar programme and with Morgan on an APC programme, providing a CAN based distributed body system to each vehicle. On the Hipercar we also developed the dash and user touchscreen interface.
Potenza was involved in Formula E from Season 1, working with the Dragon Racing team, supporting technology and energy management strategy through to supplying hardware for the Season 3 vehicle.
