The Opportunity

The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) is giving innovators like you a chance to shape the future of sustainable transport and automotive technologies. In their latest challenge, they are putting forward a robust £20 million to boost the creation of net-zero product manufacturing and supply chains within the UK automotive sector.

Project Aspirations

APC is eager to background-breaking, pre-production R&D projects that:

• Embody the UK's long-term vision for sustainability
• Secure lasting R&D investment
• Propel the design, creation, trial, and manufacturing of net-zero carbon emission vehicles

To be in the running, your project must hit these targets, bolstering the UK's competitiveness while amplifying its global influence.

Competition Mission

This challenge seeks to attract proposals that:

• Reflect the UK's strategic intentions towards a net-zero transport vision, like the Automotive Council’s Roadmaps
• Launch on-vehicle technologies and associated manufacturing processes that champion the transition to net zero
• Fortify growth, transition, and stability of the UK’s automotive supply chain
• Enhance digitally enabled or integrated UK R&D scalability and commercialisation, centred on decarbonising technology design, development, optimisation, and production

Focal Technology Fields

APC welcomes projects that elevate technologies in the below areas:

• Energy storage and batteries
• Fuel cell and associated balance of plant
• Electric machines

• Power electronics
• Fossil fuel-free internal combustion
• Hydrogen storage and management systems
• Design for circular economy
• Digitalisation for vehicle development and design

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