Government awards £25M to fund zero-emission tech for new vehicles

Innovations include quick-charging electric motorbike as well as funding for study into hydrogen fuel cell tech

Government awards £25M to fund zero-emission tech for new vehicles
Around 200,000 ultra-low emission vehicles are registered in the UK.

Projects across the country are set to benefit from £25 million investment to develop ground-breaking zero emission technologies for new vehicles.

The investment is a key part of the government’s so-called ‘industrial strategy’, and part of wider efforts towards developing a net zero carbon economy.

One project aims to develop innovative, new electric motorcycle technology lowering vehicle emissions and noise, with faster battery charge times and making electric motorbikes attractive to the market.

Led by Triumph Motorcycles, the project adds award-winning motorsport and electrification experience from Williams Advanced Engineering, propulsion innovation from Integral Powertrain and Warwick Manufacturing Group’s success integrating academic research with public and private sector projects.

Other winning projects include a project that will add an electric drive axle to a conventional diesel-powered truck, creating a hybrid engine which will store and reuse the electrical energy on the trailer, and a research and development project to replace metals with new materials using recycled carbon fibres from aviation waste.

Hydrogen fuel cell technology

Also listed under the government’s approved projects is a feasibility study into the potential of hydrogen fuel cell technology as a zero-emission solution for utility and off-road vehicles.

The government’s ambition is for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040.

The numbers of ultra-low emission vehicles on UK roads is currently at record levels, with around 200,000 ultra-low emission vehicles registered in the UK.

“Zero emission future”

Future of Mobility Minister Jesse Norman said: “The government continues to invest in technologies and innovation that help the UK to a zero emission future.

“This is a central part of our Future of Mobility Grand Challenge.

“It is great to see such enthusiasm and imagination from industry, as we work together with them to realise the environmental, health and wellbeing benefits of greener transport.”

Business Secretary Greg Clark said: “These exciting new projects, from Liverpool to Slough, are powering the future of zero emission vehicles and through our modern Industrial Strategy.

“Investments like these will also enable us to realise our commitment for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040.”

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