Partners collaborate to develop new range-extension technology for larger electric vehicles
Fri 04 February 2011
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Partner organisations in the Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP), are developing a new electric vehicle (EV) technology platform to demonstrate technologies capable of delivering better range and otherwise improved performance. The research will focus in particular on larger vehicles - in the C to D vehicle segment - which have the potential to make a significant contribution to CO2 reductions.
Most EV products and research demonstrators have focused upon urban city car applications in which power and recharging requirements can be comparatively easily met to satisfy consumers.
The LCVTP is a research initiative co-funded by Advantage West Midlands and the European Regional Development Fund. The project partners suggest that larger vehicles represent a potentially more attractive target than for reducing carbon dioxide emissions due to their typically higher output in conventional powertrain form.
Ricardo, one of the leading Project partners, says that it aims to develop technologies offering practical solutions and for the purpose of this work will lead in the development of a technology demonstration platform based on a Freelander 2 SUV. Project participant Jaguar Land Rover is supplying the vehicle.
The LCVTP was been made possible through a £19million investment (£9.5million funding from regional development agency Advantage West Midlands and £9.5 million from the European Regional Development Fund Programme (ERDF)) and a further £10 million contribution from the industry partners involved.
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