{"id":91281,"date":"2018-04-23T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=6a60128a0fe6d98f4b99eb6ac0071312"},"modified":"2018-04-23T11:30:02","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T11:30:02","slug":"news-story-powering-the-vehicles-of-the-future-apply-for-business-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=91281","title":{"rendered":"News story: Powering the 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 \u00a330 million to invest in technologies that support the long-term development of low and zero emission vehicles in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The APC is a government-industry body that aims to make the UK a global centre of excellence for low carbon vehicle development and production.<\/p>\n<p>The funding is part of a 10-year, \u00a31 billion joint government and industry investment to accelerate development of low carbon propulsion technologies and help the UK to take advantage of the huge opportunities in this field.<\/p>\n<p>The competition process is delivered by Innovate UK.<\/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<h2 id=\"developing-low-and-zero-emission-technologies\">Developing low and zero emission technologies<\/h2>\n<p>The APC is seeking projects that develop low and zero emission on-vehicle technologies for on or off-road vehicles. They must be in the following areas:<\/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>Projects must have a proven technology concept and demonstrate that there is a clear route to market.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition opens on 30 April 2018 and the deadline for applications is midday on 27 June 2018<\/li>\n<li>projects must be led by a business working in partnership with others and must include an SME and a vehicle manufacturer or tier 1 supplier<\/li>\n<li>we expect total project costs to range between \u00a35 million and \u00a340 million and for projects 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 7 May 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\/150\/overview\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Businesses can apply for a share of up to \u00a330 million to develop vehicle technologies that significantly reduce CO2 emissions and improve air quality.<\/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\/91281"}],"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=91281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=91281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=91281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=91281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}