“We support firms that produce boundary-breaking products in terms of design, manufacturing and performance,” added Brian Holliday, MD Siemens Digital Industries GB & Ireland.
Riversimple is currently building a low volume production run of Rasas for a trial with the general public based in Abergavenny in Monmouthshire. The trial is being supported by OZEV (Office for Zero Emission Vehicles) as part of the HTP (Hydrogen for Transport) programme.
“We are really pushing the boundaries of sustainable possibilities, because as a start-up we are able to do so whereas mature companies face exit barriers that make some of these initiatives impractical,” said Spowers. “We understand and respect this but Siemens are genuinely interested in exploring this brave new world and I think the flow of learning in this area will be two way; they can definitely help us with their various tools but they can also learn from us as we are a relatively small scale lab.”