£20 million fund fuels search for electric vehicle innovations
Fund to help make innovation ideas towards zero-emission vehicles a reality announced.
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previous winners include pop-up EV chargers and hydrogen-fuelled ambulances
funding to help the UK transition towards all new cars and vans being zero emission by 2035, as the government builds back greener
Innovative ideas for zero-emission vehicles could benefit from a share of £20 million in funding announced today (10 March 2021).
EV battery recycling.
This investment will help ensure the UK remains a world leader in
EV design and manufacture, which could create around 6,000 skilled jobs over the next decade, helping us to build back greener.
Watt Electric Vehicle Co introduces PACES: EV platform for low-to-medium volume manufacturers; interlocking Al extrusions
UK-based Watt Electric Vehicle Company has designed a state-of-the-art platform enabling low-to-medium volume manufacturers of cars and commercial vehicles to go electric without the cost burden of investing in their own specific chassis technology.
The brainchild of Neil Yates, an experienced expert niche vehicle development professional and industry consultant, Watt Electric Vehicle Company’s Passenger And Commercial EV Skateboard (PACES) can support a broad range of future niche EVs. Flexible, scaleable, lightweight and cost effective, PACES is an adaptable bonded aluminum platform specifically designed for low volume manufacture. It can be applied to almost any size or shape of EV, from sports cars to buses across FWD, RWD and AWD layouts and complies with all ISO regulations and European Small Series Type Approval crash standards.