Call for entries to LowCVP's HGV Technology Challenge - hastening the low carbon shift in trucks sector
Thu 26 August 2010
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There are just a few weeks are left to enter the LowCVP 'Low Carbon Technologies for HGVs' competition. Spin-out companies and start-ups are being offered the chance to showcase their innovative low carbon vehicle solutions to the freight sector.
The competition is most relevant to small developers, emergent supply chain companies and close-to-market research that could be commercialised within 3 years. The competition aims to help the sector identify new technologies and products being developed for the market with the potential to reduce the carbon footprint of heavy goods vehicles.
The prize is the opportunity to present your technologies at a dedicated meeting of senior executives of fleet operators and vehicle and component manufacturers.
The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership launched its search to find new low carbon technologies for heavy goods vehicles at its annual conference in July. In the UK, almost three-quarters of all goods are moved by road, creating 5% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The LowCVP initiative follows the original successful Technology Challenge which was designed to promote innovation in cars and facilitate supply chain engagement.
Greg Archer, LowCVP's Managing Director, said: “Efficient road freight distribution is a foundation of successful economies. There is a range of emerging technologies which achieve this, benefiting both the economy and the environment.
“Our Challenge is designed to accelerate the development and integration of technologies for lower carbon trucks by uniquely connecting the most promising UK technology companies with leading vehicle manufacturers and operators.”
The LowCVP Technology Challenge is open to products or systems that improve fuel efficiency, reduce losses, or reduce energy consumption – which all ultimately result in lower CO2 emissions from HGVs.
Winners will be selected by a panel of expert assessors, reviewing the solution’s technical merit, commercial viability, environmental benefits and potential for commercialisation within three years.
Winning organisations will have the invaluable opportunity to directly engage with senior executives of vehicle manufacturers, component suppliers and major fleet operators. They will also present their technology at a dedicated event later this year.
Last year’s Technology Challenge winners met senior executives from Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover, Ford, Tata Motors, General Motors, McLaren Automotive, Modec, Alexander Dennis, SMTC UK, Denso, GKN, Kautex-Unipart, Shell International and TRW. Several of the winners have established new business relationships as a result.
This year’s HGV Technology Challenge is jointly sponsored by Cenex, the UK’s first Centre for Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, and the Freight Transport Association (FTA), whose members operate around half of the UK’s trucks.
Click here for the full press release or visit the HGV Technology Challenge microsite.
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