The 2011 Shortlist - Automotive

CABLED
Arup, E.ON, Birmingham City
Council, Coventry City Council, Aston
University, Coventry University,
Birmingham University, Jaguar Land Rover,
Tata Motors European Technical Centre,
Mitsubishi Motors UK, Mercedes Benz UK,
Coventry University Enterprises
The Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission
Vehicle Demonstrator (CABLED) consortium
is the UK’s largest trial of electric and ultralow-
emission vehicles.
The initiative is the first of its kind to place
electric vehicles (EVs) in the hands of real
users for an extended period of time and
collect quantitative and qualitative usage
data. During the trial, 110 low-carbon
vehicles are being used as everyday cars
for 12 months.
Running since 2009 and scheduled to
finish in June 2012, the project is headed up
by Arup, which is providing two Citroen C1
EV’ies and HaloIPT inductive charging, a
technology that hasn’t previously been
demonstrated anywhere else in the world.
Other consortium members include
Jaguar Land Rover, which is providing five
Range_e plug-in diesel hybrids, Tata, which
is providing 25 Tata Indica Vista EVs and
Mitsubishi, which is providing 25 Mitsubishi
MiEVs. Working in partnership with
Birmingham and Coventry city councils,
E.ON is providing public and home charging
points, while Coventry and Birmingham
universities are providing hydrogen
refuelling stations.
According to the project team, charging
data gathered from the project is allowing
early calculations of the possible effects on
grid demand levels and already influencing
national policy for a UK electric vehicle
charging network. Feedback from trial users
is also assisting automotive manufacturers
prior to mass production of EVs.
DELTA E-4 COUPE
Delta Motorsport, Totalsim, Oxford
YASA Motors, Advanced Composites
Group, KS Composites, Penso Consulting,
Simpack UK
Capable of 0-60mph in 6.5 seconds, and
able to travel more than 120 miles on a single
charge, Delta Motorsport’s E4-Coupe is a
striking example of the UK’s burgeoning
electric vehicle expertise.