Deadline: 19-Oct-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.
The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) is an Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) programme that aims to establish a competitive and sustainable UK supply chain.
Focus Areas
- Your proposal must prioritise the scale up in areas mentioned in the Automotive Transformation Strategy for an electrified supply chain. Your project must prioritise scale up and focus on one or more of the following:
- batteries including cells (’gigafactories’)
- electric motors and drives
- power electronics
- fuel cells
- upstream supply chain for, batteries including cells, electric motors and drives, power electronics or fuel cells
- Your project must:
- fit with the overall strategy of the ATF
- offer value for money for the UK
- have an ongoing benefit to the UK from the exploitation of your project
- include deliverables such as time, cost and quality (including risks)
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
- Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA)
- fuel cell stack assembly
- storage tanks
- Upstream Supply Chain including:
- raw materials
- component manufacturing
- sub-assembly manufacturing
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.
- To lead a project or work alone your organisation must:
- Project team
- To collaborate 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)
- Non-UK businesses can be invited to partner in 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.
- To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be a UK registered:
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