UK funds innovative projects to reduce CO2 emissions on roads
£15 million has been shared out among 15 projects that aim to reduce CO2 emissions on British roads. The funding was offered by Innovate UK, a government body that supports the growth of innovative businesses, and the UK Office for Low Emission Vehicles.
"At Innovate UK we want to make sure our automotive industry is using the best technologies from other sectors to make the technological advances of the future. That’s why we ran this competition, to encourage the use of cutting-edge technologies from outside the automotive industry to drive down the carbon emissions created by our cars," said Tim O'Brien, Head of Transport at Innovate UK.
The awarded projects include a new lightweight and cost-effective alternative braking system for future low carbon vehicles; a zero emission system for power and cooling, which could cut CO2 emissions of refrigerated trucks and air-conditioned buses by 35 percent, with potential for up to 85 percent; and the creation of new carbon fibre materials from waste that would have otherwise gone to landfill.
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