£10m competition to promote innovation in battery design
Mon 23 February 2015
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Innovate UK is to run a competition on behalf of the Government which will put £10m towards innovation in battery design to fund the development of a new high-voltage battery pack for the next generation of ultra-low emission vehicles (ULEVs).
The award will go to a "consortium of organisations", expected to include a research organisation and at least one vehicle manufacturer as well as experts in battery controls, electronics and software.
Announcing the investment in a speech in Bristol, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said: "The challenge is to draw on the UK's world-class scientific research and develop a battery which is at the cutting edge of innovation, commercially viable and ready to be put into production.
"The competition will be open to all UK research establishments, working together with vehicle manufacturers based over here in the UK."
The competition will open for bids in April, with a winner announced in the summer. The funding is designed to support the first 12-18 months of development of a commercially-viable battery pack that is ready for production and integration into cars and other road vehicles.
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