News

Leading the celebratory Olympic and Paralympic team parade in Manchester was a gold Nissan LEAF, which symbolises the continued strength of the UK automotive industry.

The Greenpower Education Trust looks to address the skills gap that is growing in the UK automotive industry by engaging students in engineering at a young age. Students will be given their own electric kit cars to design, build and race.

The UK has seen a rapid uptake in EVs with 31,433 plug in vehicles registered so far in 2016. The growth rates illustrate that electric vehicles are slowly transitioning from a niche product to a desirable clean mode of transport.

Lancaster-based low carbon powertrain specialist OakTec has recently secured its first commercial contract from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to explore the suitability of its novel Pulse-R engine technology.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have announced that UK car exports passed the million mark in 2016 following steady growth for car manufacturing.

The historic agreement reached by 195 nations at the Paris climate conference illustrated that the world is on the precipice of radical change.

The Electric Machines Spoke, situated at Newcastle University, held its official launch event in 2017.

The Advanced Propulsion Centre collaborated with the Spokes, E4tech and Ricardo to facilitate a series of workshops at LCV 2016 themed around the future supply of traction electric machines, power electronics and batteries.

LCV 2016 showcased the hugely diverse and successful UK automotive industry through a range of exhibitors and seminars.

The Future Powertrain Conference 2017 dates have now been confirmed as Wednesday 1st March to Thursday 2nd March 2017 and will take place at the National Motorcycle Museum.