Low carbon automotive projects receive £35m of UK government funding
Technologies ranging from a digital hydraulic system that could dramatically boost the efficiency of off-road vehicles to a range extender for electric commercial vehicles have received £35m of government funding.
According to the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), which awarded the funding, the three projects selected have the potential to save over three million tonnes of CO2, and are expected to enhance the UK’s supply chain and competitiveness in the development of ultra-low emission vehicles. The investment has been matched with an equal amount of funding from industry.
One of the recipients is a consortium led by digital hydraulic pump specialist Artemis Intelligent Power which has secured a total of £22m (including £11m from the APC).
The Edinburgh-based firm, which is owned by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, will collaborate with hydraulics giant Danfoss and Scottish firm Robbie Fluid Engineering on the development of its so-called digital displacement hydraulic technology.
The firm claims that the technology offers huge advantages over conventional analogue hydraulic pump technology which has changed little in the last 100 years, and that it could be used to reduce the fuel consumption of off-road vehicles like and excavators and wheel loaders.
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