TNO (Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research)

General

Expertise

TNO is the largest research organisation in the Netherlands and is active in many fields of science and technology. TNO is fully independent and delivers its research and consultancy services to a multitude of customers from industry, government and national and international non-governmental organisations.

TNO is committed to a reliable, clean, safe and smart mobility system and helps its clients with the development and application of sustainable and economically viable, new advanced technologies in the area of power trains, vehicle intelligence and active and passive safety. TNO fields of expertise are: combustion engines and hybrid power trains, exhaust emissions, CO2 emission, noise emission from power trains, tyre-road noise, outdoor sound propagation, material technology, human factors, traffic modelling and management, mobility and logistics.

Furthermore, TNO is accredited to perform vehicle and vehicle component approvals and has excellent crash testing and power train testing facilities. TNO offers also a unique hardware in the loop test facility to efficiently develop and test intelligent vehicles.

Participation in EU Projects and International Activities

TNO is an active partner in many European projects and contributes to standardisation and regulations in automotive technology.

• Drive-C2X
• AsPeCSS
• eVADER
• GOAL
• Enhanced WISETRIP
• STRAIGHTSOL
• iCargo
• ECODRIVER
• AMITRAN
• SATIE
• COMCIS
• CIVITAS WIKI
• UDRIVE
• PROS
• CONVENIENT
• MOBiNET
• COBRA (ERANET Road)
• RAIDER (ERANET Road)
• INTRAS (ERANET Road).