APC 21: Developing automotive technologies and capability for net zero

Fund Details

The aim of this competition is to seek proposals for collaborative R&D projects that design, develop and manufacture zero emission on-vehicle technologies for on-road or off-road vehicles.

Your project must:

• support growth and security of the UK’s supply chain, increasing capability, whilst improving productivity, efficiency and competitiveness
• deliver vehicle technologies and associated manufacturing processes which support the transition to net zero
• contribute to the UK’s strategic aims in this area, such as the Automotive Council’s Roadmaps

Your 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 (at the point of use) internal combustion
• hydrogen storage and management systems
• direct recycling methods resulting in complete recovery of critical materials
• digitalisation leveraged during the development, testing, production or in-service phases

The economic benefit of your project will be assessed on criteria including but not limited to:

• scale and impact on the UK economy
• foreign investment anchored in the UK
• jobs created or safeguarded
• upskilling of workforce
• lifetime environmental impact of the vehicle

Your proposal must evidence:

• a clear route to market exploitation, including IP generated for the UK
• a credible consortium led approach to the project, agreed in principle and able to proceed to a formal collaborative agreement
• what would happen should the project not be funded

Projects will be encouraged to disseminate their results to bring benefit to the wider UK automotive industry’.

Eligiblity

Your project must:

• have total costs between £5 million and £40 million
• be a minimum of 50% match funded
• start by 1 September 2022
• last between 18 and 42 months
• carry out its project work in the UK
• intend to exploit the results from or in the UK

Your project can contain a maximum of 6 project partners.

Talk to us today if you would like to apply for this opportunity.