£60m boost for low carbon technologies

Thu 07 May 2015 View all news

The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), in partnership with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Innovate UK is to invest up to £60 million in collaborative research and development funding to support the development of low carbon, low emission automotive propulsion technologies.

The latest competition for grant funding opened on 5 May 2015 and will support projects worth more than £120 million by providing up to 50% of the investment to help turn prototype technology into projects developed and produced in the UK.

The competition ‘APC4 Driving UK Capability and Economic Impact through Low Carbon Propulsion Technologies’ is open for projects which are collaborative and business-led and include a vehicle manufacturer or a tier 1 supplier and an SME partner. They must also develop the UK’s supply chain in the field of low carbon vehicle propulsion technology. The competition will fund the development of on-vehicle technologies for either on-road or off-highway vehicles.

Consortia must have a clear, demonstrable route to production, and line of sight to market, involving at least one vehicle manufacturer and/or a tier 1 supplier and at least one SME partner.

Projects need to demonstrate the development of propulsion technologies based around one or more of the following technology areas:

  • internal combustion engines
  • lightweight powertrain structures
  • electric machines and power electronics
  • energy storage and energy management
  • alternative propulsion systems

Registration closes on 24 June 2015 and the call closes on 1 July 2015. For more information, visit the APC Competition Page.

The APC was set up in 2013 by the Government and the automotive industry to ensure the UK is a global centre of excellence in new low carbon technologies.

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