{"id":87800,"date":"2018-01-08T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6e9224157c40aa4410b41c8b9d993852"},"modified":"2018-01-08T16:18:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:18:00","slug":"news-story-powering-the-next-generation-of-vehicles-apply-for-funding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=87800","title":{"rendered":"News story: Powering the next generation of vehicles: apply for 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 \u00a330 million to support collaborative projects developing new technologies that help to power vehicles of the future.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"reductions-in-co2\">Reductions in CO2<\/h2>\n<p>Projects in this competition must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>significantly reduce vehicle CO2 emissions and improve air quality<\/li>\n<li>accelerate the development of technology solutions that support low emission vehicles<\/li>\n<li>strengthen UK capability and develop the supply chain either in low carbon vehicle propulsion or lightweight systems technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They should be based around one or more of the UK <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.automotivecouncil.co.uk\/\">Automotive Council\u2019s<\/a> 4 strategic technologies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>electric machines and power electronics<\/li>\n<li>energy storage and energy development<\/li>\n<li>lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures<\/li>\n<li>thermal propulsion systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"about-the-funding\">About the funding<\/h2>\n<p>Funding for this competition is provided by the APC, a government-industry body that aims to make the UK a global centre of excellence for low carbon vehicle development and production.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.apcuk.co.uk\/\">Find out more about how the APC can support you<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The competition process is delivered by Innovate UK.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\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<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition is open, and the deadline is at midday on 7 March 2018<\/li>\n<li>projects must be led by a business, and include a vehicle manufacturer or tier 1 supplier and an SME<\/li>\n<li>we expect projects to have total costs of between \u00a35 million and \u00a340 million and to last between 18 and 42 months<\/li>\n<li>businesses could attract up to 70% of their project costs<\/li>\n<li>a briefing event will be held on 15 January 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/apply-for-innovation-funding.service.gov.uk\/competition\/97\/overview\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses can share up to \u00a330 million for projects that develop new ways of powering vehicles to reduce CO2 emissions and strengthen the 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\/87800"}],"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=87800"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87846,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87800\/revisions\/87846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}