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This report provides the automotive industry with a definition of a software-defined vehicle (SDV), the key levels and components, and details the industrial shift into this new technology.

The report, Effect of Energy Efficiencies on Embodied Emissions, highlights the critical role energy efficiency during manufacturing can play in reducing the embodied carbon footprint of vehicles while supporting industrial competitiveness and energy security.

Senior representatives from across the UK’s automotive and mobility ecosystem met at the University of Warwick for the West Midlands Automotive Funding and Support Roadshow and the launch of the West Midlands Automotive and Battery Cluster.

Material Risks: Beyond Batteries and Traction Motors for the UK Electric Vehicle Industry explores the growing dependence of EVs and future autonomous vehicles on a diverse range of materials embedded throughout electronics, power systems, sensors, chassis structures and vehicle components.

Material Risks: Beyond Batteries and Traction Motors for the UK Electric Vehicle Industry explores the growing dependence of EVs and future autonomous vehicles on a diverse range of materials embedded throughout electronics, power systems, sensors, chassis structures and vehicle components.

Applications are now open for collaborative R&D project funding as part of the government’s £4 billion DRIVE35 programme, delivered in partnership with the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) and Innovate UK.

The Q1 2026 Automotive Quarterly Demand Report reports that achieving the UK ambition of recovering output to 1.3 million vehicles by 2035 would require nearly doubling the production levels achieved in 2025.

The UK Council for Automotive Academic Research (UKCAAR) has announced that 4 projects will share a £313k investment through its Feasibility Studies grant support, to enable feasibility studies led by UK academic institutions and foster collaboration between academia and industry.

Building on the success of the Academic Advisory Group (AAG), the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) have today, 05 May, 2026, launched a new academic and industry partnership via the launch of the UK Council for Automotive Academic Research (UKCAAR), funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), to address automotive industry challenges facing zero-emission vehicles and related technologies.

Magnet recycling and rare-earth free motors offers the UK an opportunity to establish infrastructure, secure feedstock flows, and support innovation in E-motor technologies.