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Podium Advanced Technologies is distinctively positioned to offer a comprehensive set of services in automotive high-performance development, covering conventional, hybrid and full electric vehicles and powertrains, supported by a unique hands-on experience in all facets of international motorsports.

Podium is a leading player in the field of prototype applications, motorsports and small series automotive solutions, pioneering hybrid and electric powertrains and high performance battery systems fully integrated with vehicle constraints.

Established in 2011 by three young engineers trained in Italy’s motor city, Turin, the company obtained the quality management, the environmental management and the information security management system certifications (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 27001:2017, respectively).

With headquarters in Pont Saint Martin (Aoste), close to the main industrial districts and technology parks of North Western Italy and to the bordering French and Swiss regions, Podium has been nominated by the Financial Times among Europe’s 1000 fastest growing companies for three consecutive years (from 2018 to 2020).

Business lines

The company is currently structured around three business lines: Automotive Engineering, Battery Systems and Motorsport. Each business line operates along its own line of management, drawing upon a common pool of competences and resources within the technical department.

The Automotive Engineering team is capable of delivering vehicle engineering solutions for any given application and required performance, from systems design to full vehicle development and assembly, with the highest quality and efficiency.

Our Battery Systems team has a proven track record in developing complete hybrid or full electric powertrain systems. We can design, build and test high voltage battery packs with best in class power to weight and energy to weight ratios. Podium Advanced Technologies’ proprietary Battery Management System (BMS) delivers the best performances and safety in any given battery application.

The Motorsport team has the proven ability to carry out the entire design, engineering, assembly, set-up and testing of a race car, from ground up. At the same time, they have gained the experience of putting together and running a winning racing team in prominent international series.

Discover why our customers work with us

Our project management discipline stems from our motorsport culture. It takes a superior combination of focus, speed and technical skills to be successful in a racing environment, and we have extended the same attitude to all our practices. The net result is that we simply deliver on time and on budget. Effective teamwork is also of the essence in complex projects: we have successfully run co-located platform teams with our clients’ personnel, fast tracking the entire process to schedule.

Podium Advanced Technologies lean structure allows us to provide our clients with a swift and agile response. Our operations are entirely self-financed, and there is no third-party capital to be remunerated. No unnecessary burden weighs down our projects master plans, positioning us as one of the most efficient companies in the industry in providing real value to our customers. In addition, more senior resources in our team are able to advise and help shape up the sustainability of business cases underlying any given project.

We have a proven track record of success in a variety of fields, ranging from motorsport to hypercar design and engineering. We won out first ever event when we engineered the hybrid version of 2012 Nürburgring 24 Hours class winner SCG P4/5 Competizione. We then accrued more experience designing and building road and racing prototypes, both conventional and fully electric. Many of our works have been on display at the last editions of the most important international motors shows.

Our success is the result of different factors. Yet our young, competent and motivated team is one of our greatest strengths. Only graduate people with outstanding academic results and profiles, many of them with a research doctorate, compose our staff. Professional growth is pursued through regular training programs and rotation of personnel on different assignments, including motorsport hands-on experience.

Podium Advanced Technologies can rely upon a wealth of proprietary intellectual capital, as well as on an unrivalled mastery of any leading edge or emerging technology in our fields of application. In 2013 we have developed our own Battery Management System, that has been customized to very diverse high capacity/high power applications to date. In 2016 we have developed and engineered our Torque Vectoring System for a fully electric supercar.

When it comes to building one-off prototypes, technical know-how is not enough. Understanding the client vision and appreciating the difference even the smallest details can make is an absolute must. Individual fulfillment is as important as extreme performance, as well as customer’s confidentiality requirements about all relevant aspects of the project. We have worked with different clients helping them make thier dream come true, be it a winning racing prototype, a “restomod” project on one of the most iconic classic cars of the last century, or a record breaking high performance special vehicle.