RDM Group was incorporated in 1993 and supplies world-class products and engineering services to the automotive industry. Clients include some of the world’s largest vehicle automotive OEM’s and Tier 1 suppliers. RDM Group is a privately-owned business that has operations throughout the UK, Europe, Australia, North America and Canada together with major partnerships in Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Holland and Finlan

RDM Group’s Advanced Engineering Centre based in Coventry UK comprises of 60,000 Sq. Ft. of facilities and houses 85 employees. From this location we support new vehicle builds and cutting-edge development work on a host of advanced automotive components, projects and safety critical systems. We are accredited to IATF 16949, ISO9001, ISO26262 and ISO14001.

In 2017 a new division and brand was created called ‘Aurrigo’ to exploit the autonomous capability and IP that had been developed by the RDM Group. Aurrigo is now recognised and registered as a vehicle OEM and has a World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI) code from the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

RDM Group’s autonomous vehicle, the Pod Zero, photographed in front of the London Eye, 13 July 2017.

Specific info relating to MEFISTA project

RDM Group / Aurrigo is an emerging SME in the field of autonomous technology and vehicles used in passenger, logistics, cargo and airside baggage applications. We design, develop and manufacture autonomous vehicles in the UK (Coventry) but also have offices in Canada (Ottawa), Australia (Adelaide) and the USA (Houston). RDM Group / Aurrigo has extensive facilities around the world for testing innovative optical frequency combs technological applications in real world settings including extreme situations (harsh environment) which can be demonstrated on its autonomous vehicle products.