Mercedes in UK 12 month solid state battery project
The UK’s Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has allocated £11m to 12 automotive projects, including a solid state battery for Mercedes.
The £11m government funding from the APC is matched by projects to deliver a product, system, or vehicle within 12 months.
Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains is working on the HPP Solid State Battery concept, while other projects include the development of electric first responder motorcycles for the emergency services, EV delivery vans, fuel cell technology, electric drives and motors, as well as tractors and composite materials.
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“The Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator competition is a distinct offering from the APC as it sees the development of a new, tangible product in such a short period of time,” said Ian Constance, CEO of the APC.
“The successful applicants all have fantastic proposals that now have the green flag to kick-start. In just 12 months we will see the fruits of this £22.7 million investment from both industry and Government. Given the success of the previous round, the dozen projects we’ve funded today will be ones to keep an eye on when they are delivered next year.”
For this latest cohort under ARMD2, the chance to see the final products, systems and vehicles will be at the Cenex-LCV exhibition in September 2024.
Involution Technologies is to develop a demonstration of an electric drive unit (EDU) for any heavy on/off highway commercial vehicle while Prodrive Engineering is to design and build a demonstrator of an L7e category EV zero-emission ‘last mile’ delivery vehicle and White Motorcycle Concepts will commercialise its fast charging WMC300E+ electric First Responder Motorcycle.
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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will develop a Sustainably Optimised Composite Automotive (SOCA) material for automotive applications, while Parker Hannifin is working on a g proprietary hollow fibre membrane technology to develop a novel humidifier for fuel cells for heavy duty vehicles, maximising fuel cell performance and operational life.
The Electric Aviation Group is to develop the LEAP (Lightweight Electric Automotive Propulsion) electric motor for high-performance and luxury electric cars, reducing weight and extending range while Project ICEBreaker by Viritech will develop and test a novel fuel cell powertrain for HGVs offering higher efficiency and lighter weight.
The Dolphin N2 HYCULTURE project will demonstrate a farm tractor with a clean, efficient engine fuelled by hydrogen made on the farm from renewables while the Wrightbus CoacH2 project will show a next-generation hydrogen fuel-cell coach powertrain.
Maeving is developing a new powertrain for use in their removable battery electric motorcycles while Protean Electric’s Olympus project is developing a lightweight and novel In-Wheel Motors (IWM) for IEMs.
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