Our rich heritage for innovation, world-leading educational institutions, and recognized manufacturing excellence, has established the UK as a leading global supplier of zero-emission technologies and world-class products. In partnership with the UK government’s Department for Business and Trade, the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK is here to support the development of those new technologies through funding, collaboration and expertise, enriching the automotive supply chain and supporting scale-up of pioneering zero-emission products.
APC UK at Battery Show North America 2025
Working with our North American partners to generate innovative technology for a zero-emission future.
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The APC is delighted to support UK companies that are very keen to visit North America and build mutually beneficial relationships with American companies.
How we are supporting net zero
DRIVE35
Delivered in partnership with the Department for Business & Trade, Innovate UK and the APC, the DRIVE35 funding programme offers more opportunities than ever before, taking you from start-up to concept, innovation to commercialisation, and onward to large-scale transformation.
Supporting Innovation
The Innovation pillar is focused on delivering SME growth and late-stage R&D projects, and includes three main funding competitions: Mobilise, Demonstrate and Collaborate.
Accelerating Scale-up
Funding opportunities designed to support rapid scale-up of pioneering technologies achieving targeted production volumes at an accelerated pace. This pillar includes the Feasibility Studies and Scale-up Fund competitions.
Enabling Transformation
Supporting large-scale capital investments in the UK through the Automotive Transformation Fund.
How we’re supporting North American net-zero ambitions in the UK
Driving innovation: BMW pioneers next-generation BEV technology
@FutureBEV focused on delivering mainstream, competitive EV powertrains, both in function and cost, simultaneously fostering a new domestic supply chain for subcomponents and system capability, enabling the UK’s transition to future electromobility.
Altilium Clean Technology: Converting black mass to battery gold
In 2022, Altilium Clean Technology secured funding, delivered through our own Automotive Transformation Fund, to advance it’s game-changing, proprietary recycling technology.
Ford UK: Halewood Transmission Factory Transformation
Ford’s vehicle transmission factory at Halewood on Merseyside is being transformed to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles in Europe.
Other funding success stories
Find out about the other automotive projects we’ve supported and their successes.
Our industry insights
Electrical Energy Storage Innovation Opportunities 2025
This report assesses the industry challenges and innovation opportunities for electrical energy storage (EES) over the coming years, and offers an in-depth review of all the themes and sub-themes identified in the roadmaps and aligns them with UK automotive supply chain capabilities.
Advanced automotive software and control systems
The UK’s automotive software market is projected to grow to £2.04 billion by 2028, requiring a ‘software-first’ approach and strategic integration to stay competitive. Read our report to find out more.
Q2 2025 Automotive industry demand forecast
Read our Q2 2025 Quarterly Automotive Demand Forecast to find out the latest figures in UK manufacturing of battery electric vehicles, and the challenges affecting automotive manufacturing sectors worldwide.
L(M)FP batteries for EV adoption from a UK perspective
This report focuses on one such battery chemistry, LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) and provides an overview of its technology and supply chain competitiveness for increasing EV adoption in the region of the UK and Europe.
Our latest news
Published: 10/11/2025
New Feasibility Studies for Automotive Scale-up Readiness now open for applications
Scale-up Feasibility Studies will enable successful applicants to validate the future growth and investment potential of their innovative technology.
Published: 24/10/2025
Four innovation groups for vehicle efficiency, circularity, and sustainability
highlights key innovation clusters across four groups for research and development (R&D) in vehicle efficiency, circularity, and sustainability, as well as scale-up and commercialisation.
Published: 20/10/2025
UKCAAR launches to accelerate academic research for automotive innovation
The UK automotive sector is set to benefit from a powerful new academic collaboration platform with the launch of the UK Council for Automotive Academic Research (UKCAAR).
Published: 15/10/2025
Toyota leads multi-million-pound micromobility research project
Q2 2025 Quarterly Automotive Industry Demand Forecast report says the UK must continue to attract fresh investment to re-grow the industry
Published: 06/10/2025
Advanced anode materials could hold key to EV adoption
To accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and meet climate goals, the UK must reduce barriers to electric vehicle (EV) adoption through innovation in making advanced anodes.
Published: 29/09/2025
UK must attract investment to meet 1.3 million EV vehicle production ambition
Q2 2025 Quarterly Automotive Industry Demand Forecast report says the UK must continue to attract fresh investment to re-grow the industry