Green vehicles move into fast lane with APC funding
Technologies to advance autonomy and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced by cars and other vehicles are being developed in the UK following a £62m funding announcement.
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has announced its latest funding for seven projects, with the aim of helping companies to develop and commercialise low carbon vehicle technologies.
One of the projects being funded by the APC is a collaboration between BMW, Delta Motorsport and WMG at Warwick University. The project will design, develop and manufacture more power dense batteries.
The project is aiming to increase the power density of lithium ion batteries, and thereby reduce the weight of the devices in the medium term, according to Graham Biggs, a spokesperson for BMW.
Researchers at WMG will be providing the electrochemical know-how for the project, which will aim to develop the technology to the stage at which it is ready to enter production, said Biggs.
“The project does not include the actual production [of the batteries], but the idea is that this technology could then appear in BMW Group production vehicles,” he said.
The team is hoping to achieve a power density of 5kW per kilogram, or around three times that of existing lithium ion batteries.
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