{"id":82477,"date":"2017-07-12T13:16:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=fee08dc63a3f53c4f13ecf713816518e"},"modified":"2017-07-12T13:16:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T13:16:05","slug":"news-story-propelling-vehicles-of-the-future-apply-for-business-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82477","title":{"rendered":"News story: Propelling vehicles of the future: apply for business funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apcuk.co.uk\/\">Advanced Propulsion Centre<\/a> (APC) has up to \u00a335 million to invest in business projects that deliver significant reductions in CO2 emissions and strengthen the UK\u2019s position on low carbon vehicle technologies.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is the 8th in a series funded by the APC, an industry and government partnership formed in 2013 that aims to make the UK a centre of excellence for low carbon propulsion and development. Applications are managed by Innovate UK.<\/p>\n<p>Areas that will be supported include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>alternative propulsion systems<\/li>\n<li>electric machines and power electronics<\/li>\n<li>energy storage and energy management<\/li>\n<li>lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures<\/li>\n<li>thermal propulsion systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/innovate-uk-manufacturing-and-materials\">Find out more about how Innovate UK supports innovation in low carbon vehicles.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition is open, and the registration deadline is midday on 20 September 2017<\/li>\n<li>projects must be led by a business working with partners and include at least 1 vehicle manufacturer or tier 1 supplier and an SME<\/li>\n<li>we expect total project costs to range in size from \u00a35 million to \u00a340 million and for projects to last between 18 and 42 months<\/li>\n<li>businesses can attract up to 70% of their total project costs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk\/competition\/38\/overview\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses can apply for a share of \u00a335 million for projects that support development of low carbon transportation and a UK supply chain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}