BRISTOL, England, Sept. 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The BLOODHOUND
Project today announced Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) as its
prime sponsor and Official Automotive Partner in a 3-year
agreement. The deal, signed in August, is the largest in the
history of the Project and means plans for challenging the World
Land Speed Record in 2017 are now back on track.
ZGH is the largest privately owned Chinese Auto Group. The
parent company to Geely Auto, ZGH, also owns Volvo Car Group and
London Taxi Company. Geely Auto has four international research and
design centres, employs close to 10,000 engineers worldwide and has
also established universities, further education colleges and
technology schools across China.
The partnership will see Geely Auto technology being used within
BLOODHOUND SSC; Geely Group vehicles being used in South Africa throughout record campaigns;
design and engineering support being provided, to help the Project
achieve its goals; promotion of BLOODHOUND across Asia and the team's STEM inspiration programme
rolled out across China.
BLOODHOUND Project Director, Richard
Noble, said, "We could not have a better partner than Geely:
not only are they an international technology company with
tremendous vision and capability, they share our passion for
innovation and education. Their support, both technical and
financial, means we can now plan next year's record-breaking
challenge with confidence. It also means we can take our STEM
inspiration message to a vast new audience, which is great for
science and engineering but also for promoting Great Britain."
Li Shufu, Chairman, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, said, "We are
proud and excited to be part of this extraordinary team. Geely
shares the same challenging spirit and passion for pushing
technological barriers as the BLOODHOUND Project.
"Since day one we have been committed to breaking technology
barriers at Geely and working with Project BLOODHOUND will help
further our mutual technology breakthrough to an international
audience. It also means we can tell millions of young people, in
China and around the world, about
the opportunities presented by studying science, technology,
engineering and mathematics. That is what makes this
'Engineering Adventure' so special and why we wanted to be part of
it."
Watch the launch announcement here:
https://youtu.be/Z3e6dvKqUjM
The latest imagery and videos can be accessed:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fygurfkwmw8kpu9/AAAgxc-s6hxW3RsWu74APC2Ta?dl=0
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Contacts:
UK: Jules Tipler
jules.tipler@mettlepr.com / +44(0)7811-166-796
Geely: Ashley Sutcliffe
ash@geely.com / +86-186-6814-5008
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SOURCE The BLOODHOUND Project