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Transitioning towards Zero Emission Vehicles and Niche Vehicle Network programme winners

Published 18 June 2021

Transitioning towards Zero Emission Vehicles (vehicle strand)

Challenge 1: improve ZEV range capability

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Chilled OX: Solar powered refrigerated small commercial vehicle for UK and emerging markets	The Global Vehicle Trust, Sunswap Ltd, Seafast Logistics Limited	Solar powered refrigeration unit trucks	Develop a solar-powered refrigeration unit for small commercial vehicles.	£363,577	£532,121	West Midlands
PHI X2: Software solution for healthy EV battery management	Breathe Battery Technologies Limited, Rimac Automobili d.o.o.	# Software for battery health management	Develop software for battery management systems that improves battery performance with dynamic, health-adaptive charging.	£210,565	£394,804	London
Co-Pilot: AI Advanced Driver Assistance System to Extend Range of Battery Electric Vehicles	Creation Labs AI Ltd, Spark EV Technology Limited	Hardware/software to increase energy efficiency and BEV range	Extend the range of battery electric vehicles by up to 20% by developing an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) to control the vehicle more energy efficiently compared to an average driver.	£293,872	£419,817	London
HYDRANGER – The Physically Integrated Hydrogen Fuel Cell – Lithium Battery Range Extender	Bramble Energy Limited	Fuel cell	Demonstrate how fuel cells can be incorporated within conventional lithium-ion battery modules and demonstrate the approach in a vehicle, such that the fuel cell effectively becomes part of the battery pack space within a vehicle.	£289,303	£413,290	South East
TOBEV: Thermally Optimised Battery Electric Vehicle	Ricardo UK Limited Jaguar Land Rover Limited	Vehicle thermal and energy management	Optimise vehicle thermal energy by using models of the full vehicle combined with advanced optimisation approaches based on Optimal Control theory.	£297,597	£595,195	South East
Revolutionary and lightweight Battery Thermal Management System for Next Generation Electric Vehicle (ROBuST)	P.A.K. Engineering Limited, Loughborough University	Battery thermal management	Develop and validate a battery thermal management system for ZEVs. This could reduce the weight of battery packs up to 18%, leading to a 12%+ energy density improvement.	£278,220	£353,075	West Midlands

Challenge 2: increase adoption of small commercial ZEVs

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Demonstration of zero emissions vehicle for UK agricultural and land use sector	The Global Vehicle Trust, Penso Consulting Ltd	Road legal truck for commercial use	Increase the adoption of small commercial ZEVs in the UK agricultural and land-use sectors by developing a zero-emissions light truck which will be used for customer demonstration.	£367,225	£553,039	West Midlands
The QXS – a Rapid-Chargeable, Plug-and-Play Powertrain for L-Category Delivery Vehicles	Edge Mobility Ltd	Electric motorcycle for last mile delivery	Develop an electric motorcycle with advanced rapid-charging battery technologies in a fully-integrated powertrain package for last mile delivery.	£258,208	£368,869	London
Chass – e – Cab	JSC Automotive Limited, Composite Braiding Limited, Stalcom Automotive Technologies Limited	Electric lightweight vans and special use vehicle platform	Deliver a flexible, configurable and scalable zero emission electric vehicle platform designed for commercial, last mile and specialist applications including public service and blue light emergency services.	£416,919	£595,598	South West
Modular connected eLCV platform delivering next generation customer service at zero emissions	Switch Mobility Limited	Electric LCV platform and total cost of ownership	Develop an advanced electric van platform that is designed to offer the lowest possible total cost of ownership. This is enabled by a simple modular design and advanced connected vehicle technologies to increase operational efficiency	£296,205	£592,410	Yorkshire and The Humber
AlCoVes – Alumotor for Commercial Vehicles	Ricardo UK Limited	Motor for LCV, PEMD	Demonstrate a traction motor that meets vehicle and package requirements for BEVs at a lower cost than current technology, with reduced life-cycle impact and a domestic supply chain.	£206,401	£412,801	South East
Hydrogen Electric Zero Emissions LGV	Innervated Vehicle Engineering Limited	HFCEV van	Develop proof of concept of a 3.5 tonne commercial vehicle with a hydrogen fuel cell that can deliver a range of over 341 miles (with rapid re-fuelling).	£418,419	£597,741	East of England
An Energy and Transport Assessment tool for business	Power My Hub Limited, Eloy Limited	App for LCV, total cost of ownership	Deliver an EV/energy investment assessment tool for small businesses to explore the total life cost benefit of EVs and renewable energy.	£243,096	£347,280	Wales
Design of fully-integrated high-efficiency ZE temperature controlled Van (Cit-E-Van)	Cool Van Limited, G.A.H. (Refrigeration) Limited, University of Warwick	Electric refrigerated Vehicle	Develop an energy efficient Electric Refrigerated Vehicle with an optimised electric Transport Refrigeration Unit and to retrofit the electric propulsion system with advanced thermal-energy management features	£386,228	£502,060	North West

Challenge 3: support transition to zero emission for special use vehicles

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Hydrogen in the Loop (H2iL) – Innovation in testing and validation for zero emission refuse collection vehicles	Arcola Energy Limited	FCEV RCV	Development of a fuel cell electric refuse collection vehicles (RCVs).	£409,842	£585,488	London
Transition Towards Zero Emission Waste Collection Demonstration	Omnia Smart Technologies Ltd, Hodos Media Ltd, Flintshire County Council	ERCV operation	Conduct a live demonstration of an electric Refuse Collection Vehicle (eRCV) within an actual local authority’s waste collection operation, focusing on ensuring that the council will still be able to manage and complete its daily waste collection rounds using EVs.	£323,611	£410,128	North East
Hydrogen-powered Specialist Health Vehicle (Ambulance)	HV Systems Ltd, Foresight Innovations Ltd	FCEV-BEV ambulance, lightweight	Develop an FCEV/BEV hybrid emergency ambulance, purpose-designed from the ground up, overcoming inherent limitations of existing ICE vehicle conversions.	£326,500	£466,429	Scotland
HySPERT – Hydrogen Special Purpose Electric vehicle platform for Refuse collection and fire Trucks	Ulemco Ltd, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service (Oxfordshire County Council)	HFCEV fire engine, pumps	A feasibility study into developing a bespoke hydrogen fuel cell based zero emission niche vehicle chassis platform that will be adaptable for special purpose applications like fire pumping appliances.	£275,447	£355,815	North West
High Lift Extinguisher Pump (HELP)	FeTu Limited, London Fire Brigade	Pumps for fire engines	A feasibility study aiming to explore the potential of new pump technology to meet the London Fire Brigade’s technical requirements, including speed, pressure, flow, reliability, efficiency and energy consumption. This is a lightweight pump that allows additional battery packs to be carried (if required) and reduces issues around the limited space on trucks	£309,163	£402,234	Yorkshire and The Humber
SpeComBat (Specialised Commercial Batteries)	Williams Advanced Engineering Limited, London Fire Brigade, Imperial College	Battery packs for fire engines	A feasibility study to deliver a battery pack design, business case and supporting technical analysis, to deliver the lowest TCO and LCA possible for Fire tender vehicles.	£231,563	£356,644	South East
Refuse (33t) and Fire Truck (12-18t) Electric Drive Unit	Involution Technologies Limited, DePe Gear Company Limited, University of Bath	Transmission, RCV and fire trucks	A feasibility study into a new Electric Drive Unit that matches or exceeds the performance of existing ICE or Electric drivetrains and is capable of being retrofitted into existing vehicles by simply removing the ICE and gearbox and connecting the INVO-EDU directly to the prop shaft.	£398,889	£531,166	West Midlands

Challenge 4: improve ZEV user experience

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Automotive In-Mold Electronics Structures (AIMES)	Dycotec Materials Ltd, Centre for Process Innovation Ltd, Design Led Products Limited	PEMD	Improve the user experience in ZEVs through the creation of smart surfaces, embedding electronics inside 3D surface materials.	£334,454	£424,259	South West
BEVscan	Agile Charging Ltd, Sustainable Venture Development Partners Ltd	Battery health for secondhand vehicles	Improve the user experience throughout the secondary EV market by providing the buyer and seller of a used EV with robust data regarding the health of the car battery	£219,181	£313,116	London

Challenge 5: improve sustainability of ZEVs

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Project Jefferson	Johnson Matthey PLC, UK Battery Industrialisation Centre Ltd	Battery recycling facility	Assess the technical and commercial feasibility of a direct recycling facility to process the cathode foil scrap generated from UKBIC. Understand the opportunities to integrate the process with an existing manufacturing line and the challenges associated from an operational and commercial perspective.	£351,652	£599,503	London

Transitioning towards Zero Emission Vehicles (infrastructure strand)

Challenge 1: improve public residential charging in urban areas

Project title	Applicants	Topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
EVCP siting: cloud-based siting engine for the EV infrastructure sector	Advances Infrastructure Technology Ltd	Chargepoint (CP) planning	Develop a software tool that draws together big datasets identifying socio-demographic data for urban areas across the UK. The tool will enable ZEV charging needs of local populations and likely utilisation to be identified. It will also identify where chargepoints can be installed to minimise the risks of under-utilisation and social exclusion.	£377,634	£539,477	East of England
AI-enabled EV charge point location optimiser	Mind Foundry Limited	CP planning	Develop a software tool enabling local authorities and charge point operators to simulate the effects of different charge point locations on local energy demand, and then to make informed decisions about what type of public charger should be installed where to suit their area’s needs.	£248,493	£518,806	South East
DoorSTEP – on-street charging on your DoorSTEP (Subsurface Technology for Electric Pathways)	Trojan Energy Limited	Private CP sharing	Home charger sharing solution with a new chargepoint design and a digital marketplace.	£365,749	£479,690	Scotland
Smart EV Charging Hub with hybrid DC chargers (SEVHub)	Entrust Smart Home Microgrid Ltd	Energy	Microgrid energy solution for multiple AC and DC chargers.	£535,155	£693,988	North West
OX Gul-E 2	Oxford Direct Services Trading Limited	CP technology	Pilot of pavement gullies for charging cables to run from home charger to on-street parking spaces.	£327,321	£422,170	South East
Innovative Mobile Autonomous Charging Solutions (I-MACS)	Richmond Design & Marketing Limited	CP technology	Autonomous mobile charger and integrated energy storage for large carparks, aiming to deliver fast charging (50 miles range in 40 minutes) of multiple EVs without needing a local grid connection.	£576,190	£785,594	West Midlands		Public residential street kerb charging system	Lesla Limited	CP technology	Testing of a prototype under-kerb wireless charging solution.	£557,523	£719,556	West Midlands
Charging electric vehicles autonomously using mobile chargers	Charge Fairy	CP technology	Mobile chargers at 100kW DC integrated with small, light-weight, electric utility vehicles used primarily at night. APIs monitor vehicle location, state-of-charge, for example.	£264,789	£378,270	South East

Challenge 2: improve rural charging

Project title	Applicants	Topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Zhyphen EVolution Charging Hub (ZEVCH)	Sun Harvester Limited	Energy	Solar energy storage system for charging in rural areas.	£316,165	£419,563	Northern Ireland
Rural Grid Boosting For Ultra-Fast ZEV Charging	Levistor Ltd	Energy	Developing a flywheel energy storage system (FESS), or ‘kinetic battery’, to provide a short-term power boost to the grid wherever extra energy is needed to charge the next generation of ultra fast-charge electric vehicles in rural areas.	£544,109	£777,298	London
Rural Electric Mobility Enabler (REME)	EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Limited	Private CP sharing	Develop a methodology to identify public charging needs and constraints in rural areas, and then create software enabling rural homeowners and private businesses to rent out their chargers for use by the public. This will give EV drivers the confidence to travel to rural areas while addressing the issues of variable charging demand that will support the rural local population and the tourist economy.	£246,517	£335,302	London
Regional Electric Vehicle Unified Plan (REVUP)	Cybermoor Services Ltd	Business model	Local authority business model assessing prospects for chargepoint installations in remote locations.	£294,807	£391,903	North West

Challenge 3: improve fleet charging solutions

Project title	Applicants	Topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Optimisation for Integrated Service Planning and Operation	City Science Corporation Limited	CP planning	Fleet journey planning and charging optimisation tool with local energy management solutions.	£437,113	£561,674	South West
Shift! Making EV charging accessible for drivers and fleets.	EB Charging Ltd	CP availability	Feasibility study for provision of smart, accessible, on-street, bookable chargers shared between fleets, residents and visitors with energy management solution models.	£273,503	£364,166	East of England
Better Than Net Zero Off-Grid Rapid Charging for Fleet Managers	Bennamann Ltd	Energy	Renewable energy generation from biomethane for rapid charging. This will allow fleet managers to scale their EV fuelling infrastructure to meet increasing demand without having to invest in rapid-charging infrastructure in rural areas.	£272,354	£390,128	North West
Zap-ZERO: Zero Carbon Routing Service for EV Fleets	Next Green Car Ltd	Fleet charge optimisation	A dynamic routing service that quantifies zero/low carbon journeys for EVs in fleets and provides real-time tariff information, resulting in the use of zero-cost renewable electricity.	£544,116	£791,103	South West
Enterprise charging 2.0: Accelerating corporate and facilities management fleet electrification with smarter charging technology, frictionless software adoption and flexible charging models	Hypervolt Limited	Fleet charge optimisation	Fleet management charging solution for facilities using EVs, with tracking, billing, load management and renewable energy integration.	£422,109	£619,329	London
EVT-M3 – Manufacturing the transition to zero emission fleets	Cheesecake Energy Limited	Energy	Cost reduction of energy storage solution – developing an EV-Tanker for EV charging.	£424,660	£606,658	East Midlands
High Frequency Wireless Charging for ZEV	Bumblebee Power Ltd	CP technology	Demonstrate enhanced spatial capability of wireless charging at 7Kw.	£307,876	£390,615	London
Relocatable rapid charging hub for fleet charging solutions	Evc Powertech Ltd	Business model	Hire scheme for fleet charging hubs sharing existing power, which can be installed and removed within days for fleet trials or events.	£559,445	£799,207	West Midlands
Fleet Connected Smart Charging	Envisij Limited	Demand response and payments	Home charging software solutions for fleets using Time of Use tariffs and providing grid balancing services.	£351,936	£502,766	North West
MOLE – Expanding the UK’s EV Charging Infrastructure via Efficient, Reliable, Autonomous Charging Technology	IPFT Fuels Limited	CP technology	Underbody EV charging technology designed for use on most EVs.	£328,631	£419,039	South East
Integrated platform for EV fleet transition	Clenergy EV Ltd	Fleet charge optimisation	Integrated platform for combined electric fleet scheduling, charging and energy supply management, to optimise the use of chargers.	£506,311	£660,058	Wales
Hubsta fleet: planning the electric journey	Elmtronics Ltd	Fleet charge optimisation	Software tool for fleet managers – optimising depot and public charging, as well as route planning.	£259,254	£380,252	North East

Challenge 4: enhance the ZEV user charging experience

Project title	Applicants	Topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Home & Roam EV charging app	Gengame ltd	Private CP sharing	Software tools to enable sharing of home chargers and enabling public charging payments through home energy bills.	£258,313	£371,946	East Midlands
Integrated Charge and Park Payment Terminal (ICAPPT)	Hanger19 ltd	CP technology	Bringing together charging and parking payment management into a single terminal for users.	£209,029	£322,718	East of England
Assure Charge	Connected kerb limited	CP reliability	Software service platform to improve maintenance and repair of EV chargers.	£446,599	£572,530	Scotland
Unlocking Accessibility	Albright product design limited	CP technology	New charge point design to improve accessibility for disabled and elderly users.	£365,721	£515,645	South West
Reserve & Charge: optimal integration of parking availability and EV charging	Accelogress limited	CP availability	A situation-aware space reservation system that leverages real-time data from state-of-the-art parking occupancy systems and charge points.	£278,409	£359,723	South East
EV Assist – Using Travel Demand to Improve EV Customer Experience and Load Balance Chargepoint Utilisation	You. Smart. Thing. Limited	CP availability	Charger availability management, route planning and reservations system.	£495,455	£684,812	West Midlands
Seamless public EV charging	Urban Foresight Limited	CP availability	New software solution which provides access to all open charging networks. The EV and charger communicates so user interaction is minimised.	£271,924	£388,463	North East

Niche Vehicle Network

Innovative charging stream

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Project Pollen: a secure universal e-scooter charging network	Honeycomb Network LLP, TZI UK Limited	E-mobility	Development of a locker-type charging solution for e-scooters, which can cater for all brands of scooter.	£87,272	£130,852	West Midlands
EV-to-charger metadata communication for service fleet, user-friendly and shared-access smart charging at distributed sites	Hypervolt Limited, Liberty Group Investments Limited	Charging infrastructure	Development of a new hardware module and communication protocol between the Hypervolt EV charging system and the car/van/motorcycle using the charger, in order to identify the vehicle being charged.	£92,110	£143,926	South East
Rural Transport E-Shelter	Rural Design Centre Limited, Intelligen International Limited, Power Roll Limited	E-mobility	Development of an off-grid ‘lock-up’ charging solution for e-bikes and e-cargo bikes, including a trial installation at Haltwhistle station near Hadrian’s Wall (tourist spot) for 4 rental bikes. Includes the use of a new UK-manufactured solar PV film on the roof to charge the batteries in the E-shelter.	£46,079	£65,827	North East

Early stage research and development stream

Project title	Applicants	Tech/topic	Summary	OZEV funding	Total project cost	Location
Development of transaxle powertrain for electric pedal-assist quadricycle	Intra Drive Ltd, Electric Assisted Vehicles Limited, Chesser Engineering Limited	E-mobility	Development of a new lightweight, reliability focused transaxle (with combined motor and gearbox) for use in pedelec quadricycle / last mile delivery vehicles.	£175,694	£250,992	Scotland
High strength low-density material integration into an EV Battery	Trelleborg Rochdale Limited, Far-UK Ltd, Engenuity Limited, Great British Sports Cars Limited	Battery box	Deliver lighter and more sustainable solutions for stressed EV battery boxes.	£194,104	£287,968	South West
FlexiMod: Highly Flexible Battery Module for Black Cab EV Retrofit and Other Niche Vehicles	Electron Garage Ltd, MEP Technologies Ltd, AMTE Power Ltd	Battery	Development of a flexible battery module to create hardware that could be suitable for the electrification of various niche vehicles.	£210,000	£299,999	Scotland
Adaptable EV Conversion Kit	Ginetta Research Limited, Raceway Motorsport Ltd, Brace Technology Ltd	Battery	Develop an EV drivetrain solution – with primary focus on a modular liquid-cooled battery solution.	£192,029	£274,327	Yorkshire and The Humber