CENEX EXPO 2025
Event Overview
2 Days • UTAC Millbrook (Millbrook Proving Ground), Bedfordshire, UK • September 3-4, 2025
Cenex Expo 2025 is the UK’s flagship innovation exhibition for low‑carbon vehicle technologies and connected automated mobility. Held at UTAC Millbrook, the two‑day event combines indoor exhibition halls, outdoor ride‑and‑drive displays, technical seminar tracks and dedicated innovation zones to showcase the latest research, prototypes and commercial technologies that support the net‑zero transport transition.
What is CENEX?
Cenex Expo brings together industry, government, academia and innovators focused on electrification, hydrogen, connected automated mobility (CAM) and systems-level solutions for decarbonising transport. The 2025 programme unifies exhibitor halls and outdoor demonstration space to allow attendees to both view and experience new vehicle technologies, battery and powertrain innovations, connected systems, charging infrastructure and mobility services.
Key Figures :
- Visitor scale: ~4,000+ attendees
- Exhibitors: hundreds of organisations — OEMs, suppliers, test houses, research centres and tech providers.
- Speakers / seminar leads: 100+ industry & academic speakers across technical tracks.
- Sessions / seminars: 50–150 seminar sessions, workshops and panel discussions (across Electrification, CAM, Energy-for-Transport, Vehicle Engineering).
- Outdoor demos / Ride & Drive: live vehicle demonstrations on the Steering Pad and test routes — dozens to hundreds of demo slots across two days.
- Innovation & start-up presence: dozens of start-ups and innovation exhibits in dedicated zones.
- International reach: delegates and exhibitors from the UK and multiple other countries (regional + European partners).
- Hands-on labs / testbeds: multiple live test areas for battery, powertrain and CAM validation.
- Networking opportunities: curated meetings, investor/industry scout sessions and procurement conversations.
Learning Highlights :
- Practical EV systems knowledge: battery architectures, BMS basics, power electronics and thermal management lessons you can apply.
- Charging & infrastructure strategies: siting, grid impacts, public charging business models and interoperability considerations.
- Hydrogen & alternative fuels: real-world demo cases and integration points for hydrogen in transport applications.
- Connected & automated mobility (CAM): sensor fusion, perception stacks, validation methodologies and safety/regulatory considerations for on-road testing.
- Test & validation best practices: how to plan and execute ride & drive trials, test protocols and data capture for performance/validation.
- Vehicle systems integration: cross-discipline design trade-offs (powertrain, controls, thermal, software) and how suppliers/OEMs coordinate.
- Battery test & safety protocols: cell/pack testing workflows, ageing/thermal tests and practical safety mitigation steps.
- Innovation to scale: lessons from start-ups and pilot projects on moving from prototype to commercial deployment.
- Standards, policy & procurement insight: what regulators and fleet buyers are prioritising — helpful for project planning and funding bids.
- Careers & industry links: direct exposure to hiring teams, R&D groups and potential collaborators for projects or placements.
Event Details :
Start:
September 3, 2025 - UTAC Millbrook (Millbrook Proving Ground), Bedfordshire, UK
End:
September 4, 2025.
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