LowCVP publishes 'information hub' for low carbon vehicle and fuel roadmaps

The LowCVP has produced an 'information hub' on its website offering signposts to the growing range of fuel, vehicle and infrastructure 'roadmaps' which have been produced by the LowCVP and other leading actors in the road transport sector. The roadmaps are a vital tool for directing investment, R&D and policy and are also an important source of information for technology developers and investors in the automotive sector.

 

The UK automotive sector has been revitalised during the last decade through the alignment of both private and public investment with the objective of cutting carbon. This was only possible by collectively recognising the importance of cutting emissions and the role that road transport could play in that objective, and clearly communicating how this will be achieved through a collection of roadmaps.

 

The new information pages, hosted on the LowCVP's website provide signposts to the most important roadmaps that have helped to inform the collective view. The key roadmaps covered (and which are available for download) are:

The pages also contain a downloadable general 'Guide to Transport Energy Roadmaps'.

 

The roadmaps are plans which match short-term and long-term goals with the specific technology solutions to help meet the goal of decarbonising road transport. These plans apply to vehicles, energy and infrastructure products, processes, and emerging technologies, and how they will be deployed over time.

 

In the UK a number of roadmaps have been produced setting out the vehicle technologies, transport energy and infrastructure which will be required to deliver the decarbonisation of road transport by 2050.

 

A number of organisations have undertaken technology roadmaps in the road transport sector.

 

In September 2013, the Automotive Council published a set of roadmaps to illustrate the advances that will be made in automotive technology in the coming decades.

 

More recently, the Advanced Propulsion Centre has brought together a set of propulsion roadmaps, which incorporate key Automotive Council documents.

 

The LowCVP has also been instrumental in working with stakeholders to develop specific vehicle technology roadmaps including roadmaps for buses and HGVs, but also in developing fuels and, most recently, infrastructure roadmaps. 

 

For more information, please visit the LowCVP Transport Roadmaps information hub.