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The Advanced Propulsion Centre has launched a competition to facilitate funding of the UK’s first automotive battery manufacturing development centre, in conjunction with Innovate UK.

IAAPS will be a £60 million global centre of excellence, delivering transformational research and innovation into advanced propulsion systems.

Four schools took part of a Greenpower Goblin race at Seighford Race Track, competing in a number of races, such as drag races, circuits and slaloms.

The APC Spoke community announced the launch of the world’s first network of virtual testing facilities, a £3.4 million project allowing the automotive industry to significantly reduce the research and development process of low-carbon propulsion technologies.

Blog post about cars and the future of the automotive industry.

A new competition to provide a platform for UK SMEs and their supply chain to take existing low carbon vehicle technologies from demonstration through to production readiness is now open.

The first 5 fleets of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Ford Transit Custom vans will explore how lower-emission plug-in hybrid electric vans could support cleaner air targets.

Overall production was at a 17-year high in the first quarter of 2017 says Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The Advanced Propulsion Centre has awarded £62 million funding to projects to develop innovative low carbon technology in the UK.

The ground-breaking Multi User Systems Testing Environment for Research programme uses advanced Hardware-in-the-Loop technology to connect each of the APC’s six Spoke sites.