Scope

This competition seeks to support feasibility studies and research and development projects addressing one or more of the ZEV infrastructure challenges listed in the specific themes.

Projects must:

• develop infrastructure solutions which can be deployed at scale within 5 years
• develop sustainable infrastructure solutions for ZEV at low cost without compromising safety or capability
• show a clear route to market including end users and appropriate business models to exploit the technology commercially
• show that you can realistically produce the technology at a price the market is willing to pay when commercialising
• show how the future supply chain will be developed
• consider advanced approaches to manufacturing at the target scale
• deliver a clear plan to trial the solution in an appropriate setting at a later date, including location plans, use cases, resources and planning considerations
• deliver a final report summarising the project’s achievements
• deliver appropriate dissemination activities

Projects may include end users or infrastructure owners, such as local authorities and fleet operators (public and private), and stakeholders such as distribution network operators (DNOs), infrastructure providers, energy providers, hardware and software providers.

Your application must focus on at least one of the following infrastructure challenges:

• Improve public residential charging in urban areas
• Improve rural charging
• Improving fleet charging solutions
• Enhance the ZEV user infrastructure experience