Powertrain Technology Centre
May 14, 2025
Situated at their Banbury headquarters, Prodrive’s Powertrain Technology Centre has reinforced the company’s ability to develop the next generation of electric hybrid and internal combustion engines for road and competition applications, while also strengthening the expertise and services that the company can offer existing motor sport and technology clients.
Since opening in 2019, the centre has gone on to develop a new sustainable fuel that has led to the reduction of CO2 emissions by 80% on previous productions.
With the county’s global reputation as a centre of science and innovation and a critical part of the UK’s iconic ‘Motorsport Valley’, the purpose-built facility alone represents a multi-million investment and was constructed over a period of six months.
The Powertrain Technology Centre means that Prodrive can design bespoke engines, make a prototype unit to complete a full validation programme using its own advanced transient dyno and manufacture the powertrain in its own facilities.
Outcomes of the project include increasing the prototyping of innovative propulsion systems and engines for the next generation of vehicles and 25 new jobs created.
OxLEP secured £500,000-worth of investment for the project via the Government’s Local Growth Fund, part of an overall cost of £2.26million.