Automotive Transformation Fund
Automotive Transformation Fund Feasibility Study 1 Winners
A £17 million investment
The winners from the first Automotive Transformation Fund Feasibility Study Competition FS1 received a share of £17 million investment, combining public grants and industry contributions. Below, you can find out more about each of these studies.
Batteries
- AMTE Power – AcouBat: Acoustic Battery testing feasibility for GigaFactory cell manufacturing – Thurso, Caithness
- AMTE Power – Thurso+: Development and Expansion Feasibility Project of AMTE’s Cell Manufacturing Plant – Thurso, Caithness
- AVL Powertrain UK – UK Battery Research and Development Centre Feasibility Study – Coventry, West Midlands
- Echion Technologies – Scaling Anode Technology for the xEV market (SATE) – Sawston, Cambridgeshire
- Envision AESC UK – Envision AESC UK Gigaplant Feasibility Study – Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
- Jaguar Land Rover – Project SMITE (Standard Modules Integrated in Technologically-advanced EVs) – Coventry, West Midlands
- Geothermal Engineering Ltd – Zero Carbon Lithium Extraction from Geothermal Fluid – St Day, Cornwall
- James Durrans & Sons – Graphitization of Carbon for Anodes – Sheffield, South Yorkshire
- Johnson Matthey – Trinity Up-Scaling Technology Feasibility (TRUST) – Reading, Berkshire
- Lotus Cars – BattCon: Battery Containerised Test Facility – Norwich, Norfolk
- Mexichem UK – Feasibility study to investigate potential UK manufacture of salts and electrolyte additives for lithium ion batteries – Runcorn, Cheshire
- Nyobolt – Scale-up Feasibility of Anodes Supercharging Transport (Scale F.A.S.T.) – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- SHD Composite Materials – Advanced Technology Lightweight Automated Structure (ATLAS) – Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- Talga Anode UK – UK-Anode: creating a graphite anode supply chain for the UK automotive Li-ion battery industry – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Talga Anode UK – UK-Si: Creating a Silicon/carbon anode supply chain for UK automotive Li-ion battery industry – Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- UK Seabed Resources Ltd – PMN Mineral Processing Production Plant Feasibility Study
Fuel Cells
- Arcola Energy – Business case for powertrain tier 1 scale up – London
- Intelligent Energy – Project ION Feasibility Study – Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Johnson Matthey Fuel Cells – Production line for high volume addition of GDLs to make MEAs – Reading, Berkshire
- Teer Coatings – High-Throughput Coating Processes for Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates – Droitwich, Worcestershire
Motors & Drives
- GKN Hybrid Power – Future Pathway UK: Advanced R&D and Process Development for Integrated eDrive Manufacture – Abingdon, Oxford
- Less Common Metals – UK RE Magnet Base – Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Shield Engineering (SYSTON) – Acceleration of cost-effective & scalable manufacturing solution for next generation highly-integrated power electronics, motors & drives – Southam, Warwickshire
- Yasa – YASA ATF Feasibility Study – Kidlington, Oxfordshire
Power Electronics
- Compound Semiconductor Centre – GANDALF (GAllium Nitride process De-risk for UK Automotive suppLy chains Feasibility study) – St Mellons, Cardiff
- Newport Wafer Fab – SENSIBILITY (Silicon Carbide Manufacturing Feasibility Study) – Duffryn, Newport