Innovate UK, GB and other funders: Industrialising net-zero automotive technology

21/07/2022

07/09/2022

Innovate UK, under the Advanced Propulsion Centre, invites applications for its industrialising net-zero automotive technology competition. This supports projects that design, develop and manufacture technology that will work towards delivering net-zero carbon emission on-vehicle technologies for on-road or off-road vehicles. The budget is £40 million. Total eligible project costs must be between £5m and £40m and be a minimum of 50 per cent co-funded.

Project must advance technologies in one or more of the following areas: •batteries, their components, management and integration systems; •fuel cell and associated balance of plant; •electric machines; •power electronics; •fossil fuel free internal combustion; •hydrogen storage and management systems; •manufacturing processes associated with industrialising relevant net-zero technologies; •direct recycling methods resulting in complete recovery of critical materials; •digitalisation leveraged during the development, testing, production or in-service phases.

Project leads must be businesses of any size registered in the UK. Project partners may be a UK registered business of any size, academic institution, charity, not-for-profit, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation. Other consortia partners must include at least one SME and one vehicle manufacturer or tier one supplier.