Government Funding & Support to Low Emission Powertrain Development

Paul Gadd, Programme Manager - Automotive

Innovate UK

• Innovate UK is the UK's innovation agency

• Works across business, universities and government

• Investing c£500m per year in Industrial Research & Development

Government and Innovate UK have made significant investments in Low Emission Vehicle R&D over the past 9 years.

Supported by government funding in several forms including:• Innovate UK: £120m since 2007 (plus £150m from co-funders)• OLEV: £100m 2010-2015, plus £125m 2016-2020• EPSRC, and others also funding work

Low Emission Vehicles R&D Support

Typically supporting collaborative projects, drawing on skills from many sectors to solve Automotive related challenges

£48m Low Carbon Vehicle Competitions in 2016

• Low Emission Freight & Logistics Trial was a £24m competition intended to support demonstration of technology that had reached proof of concept stage in with real world operators

• Integrated Delivery Programme 13 was a £24m competition intended to support feasibility studies as well as collaborative R&D projects to lower CO2 and other emissions

LEFT Projects Announced

• 13 projects delivering 316 vehicles onto the roads as part of a 2 year trial– A mix of gas, dual fuel, hybrid, full

electric and hydrogen• 7 further 1 year projects focused on

other areas including aerodynamic but also alternative powertrains including electric and hydrogen

Innovate UK works with the Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles

CCAV has been established to help ensure that the UK is a world leader in developing and testing connected and autonomous vehicles.

• creating an open regulatory environment for innovation, testing, and use of these technologies

• Accelerating CAV research and development in part through £100m of funding available to support collaborative industry led R&D over 5 years

• coordinating the UK’s activity for the connected and automated vehicle agenda

Intelligent Mobility

£30m Connected & Autonomous Competitions in 2015

2014/15 competition

(2015-18 projects live)

• £20m Driverless Cars

• Supporting 3 projects

• 4 cities running formal trials that will last between 18 and 36 months from January 2015:

• Greenwich, Bristol and Milton Keynes & Coventry (working together as one project)

2015/16 competition

(2016-19 projects live)

• £20m Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

• Collaborative R&D projects and feasibility studies to stimulate developments in autonomous vehicles – total of 21 projects

• Also £10m competition for collaborative R&D projects to enhance End to End journey experience for people and freight.

£35m: Connected & Autonomous Vehicles 2

• To help ensure that the UK is a world leader in developing and testing connected and autonomous vehicles

• Part of £100m of funding available to support industry led R&D over 5 years

• Aim to deliver UK business growth and attract key players to the Intelligent Mobility sector R&D space

• Up to £5m allocated to reducing emissions from vehicles utilising vehicle autonomy or connectivity technology

Example of Success: Delta Micro-Turbine

• Delta Motorsport revealed its E4 Coupe sports car fitted with its range extender. The company developed this in a £3.1 million collaborative R&D project. The Office for Low Emission Vehicles(OLEV) and Innovate UK co-funded the project.

• The device features small, lightweight turbo-machinery attached to an electric generator. This keeps the battery pack charged up or at least slows the power drain.

• The project was a collaboration between Delta Motorsport, Productiv, Hieta Technologies, the University of Bath, Schaefflerand Equipmake.

Plans for 2017

• Vehicle to Grid– Opportunity to utilise the energy storage available in a growing fleet of electric vehicles in the UK

/ world to balance power requirements and avoid significant cost (billions GBP)

– Need technology and business models to unlock the value chain

– Workshops held through February to scope possible intervention

• IDP

• CAV

2015:• £50m for low emission vehicles• £20m for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles

2016:• £48m for low emission vehicles• £30m for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles

UK Automotive Sector- Support from Idea to Commercial Product

European Options e.g. EU SME Instrument

• Single SME with TRL6 or above can apply

• Very competitive, but if you are in the right space UK has a good success rate

• Please talk to the team – Innovate UK, NCP or EEN

• Phase 2• Up to €2.5m (at 70% intervention)

– Total project size is up to €3.57m• Around 1 to 2 years in duration• Proposals should demonstrate high potential in

terms of applicant's competitiveness and growth underpinned by a strategic business plan.

• Outcome– a new product, process or service that is ready to

face market competition;– a business innovation plan incorporating a

detailed commercialisation strategy and a financing plan

• Phase 1• Lump sum of €50k (at 70% intervention)

– Total project size is €71,429• Up to 6 month duration• Proposal (10 pages) is draft business plan

and feasibility study • Project is for exploring and assessing the

technical feasibility and commercial potential of a breakthrough innovation that a company wants to exploit and commercialize

• Outcome• a feasibility study (technical and

commercial), including a business plan.

JSAE – Yokohama, Japan

“Technology-centred” exposition80,000 visitors over three days400 exhibitors

Support from BIS, UKTI / AIO, APC, TSC, Innovate UK, British Embassy

The UK’s premier event for Low Carbon Vehicles (LCVs)

2857 Visitors / 211 Exhibitors / 1098 OrganisationsRepresented / 103 Vehicles On Site

LCV – Millbrook, UK

Innovate UK Connect

Questions, comments, feedback, please contact:

Paul Gadd, Programme Manager - AutomotivePaul.Gadd@innovateuk.gov.uk 07824 605040