£86.9 million for scale-up and R&D of net-zero vehicle technology

The Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) has announced the successful applicants of its latest funding rounds, sharing £86.9 million of government and industry funding into zero tailpipe emission vehicle technology. The package of funding supports: Collaborative Research and Development (CR&D) 4 project consortia funded Automotive Transformation Fund 7 key feasibility studies that will produce decision-ready business cases, in preparation for projects which will develop large-scale manufacturing facilities in the UK. 5 scale-up projects which will assess if businesses in the UK automotive supply chain are ready for growth and expansion.…

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£49 million uplift drives automotive industry towards green future

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has allocated £49m for cleantech innovators. Retro electric motorcycles and high-power batteries to help electric vehicles travel longer distances are just 2 of the concepts receiving a share of £49 million government funding – supporting the automotive sector’s quest to go green and creating thousands of new jobs in the process. 31 projects are receiving a portion of £10 million from the government’s Automotive Transformation Fund, to support to development of low carbon emission technologies for vehicles, such as state-of-the-art motors…

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