Automotive Transformation Fund in the UK

Deadline: 17-Aug-22

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.

Your project must support the industrialisation at scale of an electrified automotive supply chain. It must be appropriate and in proportion to the planned objectives and prioritisation of the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).

Your application can be for:

capital investment only
capital and associated R&D activity

Specific Themes

Your project must focus on one or more of the following:
- Batteries including cells (’gigafactories’)
  - cathode materials and manufacturing
  - anode materials and manufacturing
  - electrolyte
  - cell assembly components (including separators)
- Electric motors and drives
  - magnet materials and manufacturing
  - electrical steel materials and manufacturing
  - electrical machine assembly
  - drive line components
  - assembly and test into complete drive unit
- Power electronics
  - wide band gap semi-conductors
  - sensors
  - passives
  - power electronics assembly
- Fuel cells
  - MEA
  - fuel cell stack assembly
  - storage tanks
- Upstream Supply Chain including:
  - raw materials
  - component manufacturing
  - sub-assembly manufacturing

Funding Information

Up to £1 billion has been allocated to fund capital focused projects in this competition.

Eligibility Criteria

Lead Organisation
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
  - Be a UK registered business of any size
  - Carry out its project work in the UK
  - Intend to exploit the results from or in the UK
  - Address the requirements of the Automotive Transformation Fund
  - Non-UK businesses can apply to this expression of interest (EoI) competition in reference to activities they are considering undertaking in the UK. The business must be registered in the UK before any funding can be awarded.
Project team
- with the lead, your organisation must be a UK registered:
  - business of any size
  - academic institution
  - charity
  - not-for-profit
  - public sector organisation
  - research and technology organisation (RTO)
Subcontractors
- In this competition.
  - Subcontractors can be from anywhere in the UK and you must select them through your usual procurement process.
  - You can use subcontractors from overseas but must make the case in your application as to why you could not use suppliers from the UK.