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NAA Member News: NAA consortium wins funding for titanium research to lower vehicle emissions
A consortium including the Northern Automotive Alliance (NAA) has been successful in obtaining government funding from Innovate UK for a collaborative research project to use titanium in automotive engines… The aims of the FAST STEP 3 project are to: Achieve lightweighting for automotive engines in order to lower emissions including CO2, NOx and particulate matter, […]
Industry Survey: Impact of Electrification – job roles and training survey
Can you help inform an understanding about the current provision and plans for electric vehicle and battery job roles in the UK and the training necessary to meet future demand… The UK auto industry is undergoing a disruptive transformation, shifting from internal combustion engine-powered vehicles to fully electric vehicles by 2040. The rapid growth of […]
APC:- EV Supply Chain Seminar 12th September
EV Supply Chain Seminar 12th September- Opportunities for New Suppliers Could you be missing out on a big opportunity? There is a huge potential for suppliers to utilise their skills and products to feed into the ever growing electric vehicle supply chain, with its estimated worth of €30.2 billion (FEV). Join the Advanced Propulsion Centre […]
Automotive Batteries 101 – Everything you ever wanted to know about batteries for electric vehicles
The Automotive Batteries 101 booklet – Everything you ever wanted to know about batteries for electric vehicles – has recently created by WMG in its role as the APC Electrical Energy Storage Spoke. Have you ever wondered what’s inside an automotive battery, how they work and what are the challenges for production? WMG, in its […]
IoT4Industry project: Industry 4.0 for SMEs – Call for Expression of Interest
IoT4Industry is a 30 months project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Commission. It connects 3 Information and Communication Technologies clusters having strong competences in Internet of Things (IoT): Secured Communicating Solutions (SCS) cluster (France), microTEC Südwest e.V. (Germany), DSP Valley (Belgium); with 4 industrial clusters having access to tool manufacturers and […]