£20m
of new Government funding will support UK
research to develop new low carbon vehicles
that could be on the road within 5 to 7
years.
This is the first competition under the
new Low Carbon Vehicles Innovation platform
- which seeks to position the UK's automotive
sector to benefit from growing public and
private sector demand for lower carbon vehicles,
and is being made available by the Technology
Strategy Board and the Department for Transport.
This funding, which will support UK based
research, is part of the Government’s Low
Carbon Transport Innovation Strategy. This
was launched in May and sets out measures
that the government is taking to transform
the market for lower carbon vehicles. The
funding will be available to support vehicle
technologies with the clear potential to
be commercially viable within 5 to 7 years.
Scope for Applications
The call will support collaborative projects
that will help bring new lower carbon vehicle
technologies to the point where the can
be begin to be commercialised in the Uk
and wider global markets.
There are no specific constraints on the
vehicle categories and technologies that
can be proposed in this competition. Indeed,
applications relevant for passenger cars,
light commercial vehicles, heavy goods vehicles,
buses and taxis would be welcomed. Similarly
all relevant in-vehicle technology options
are eligible. Applicants should however
take note of the significant weight given
in this call to the key selection criteria
that are laid out in this document - click
to download the Technology Strategy Board's
informational PDF
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