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The initial £28 million engineering program, part funded by the Advanced Propulsion Centre, has been running for nine months and is already entering the hardware test stage.

The ISCF, which supports collaboration between science and business, aims to invigorate the development of disruptive technologies in the UK.

A 7.5% increase in production was recorded in January in comparison to the previous year’s figures, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

To help aid the work of the Automotive Council, it is seeking to find organisations who can help run the new Workstream Support Facilitators initiative.

A number of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Ford Transit Custom vans, which are the product of a £4.7 million Advanced Propulsion Centre and industry-funded project, will be trialled in London from Autumn 2017.

Hosted by the Advanced Propulsion Centre and Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council at the Royal Institution, experts in the field actively engaged in answering the question ‘is a world driving towards electrification digging the grave for the internal combustion engine?'

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.