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New Innovate UK Competition 'Developing Advanced Lightweight Vehicles' Now Open

26/08/2015

Innovate UK (IUK) and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) are to invest up to £20 million in collaborative research and development projects to significantly reduce the mass of road-going vehicles. The aim is to bring together and develop the best UK supply chain capability and expertise in the areas of advanced lightweight materials, including system and sub-system redesign and innovation, to make significant and necessary leaps in road vehicle weight reduction in order to reduce CO2 and other emissions.