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Winners of the OLEV research and development fund
Updated 21 March 2016
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| Project | Company | Postcode | Grant funding | UK region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | Delta Motorsport Ltd | NN12 8GX | £135,831 | East Midlands |
| Affordable Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (ACLIV) | Formax (UK) Ltd | LE19 2FZ | £62,500 | East Midlands |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | FAR-UK Ltd | NG11 7EP | £318,843 | East Midlands |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | Formax (UK) Ltd | LE19 2FZ | £646,392 | East Midlands |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | University of Nottingham | NG7 2RD | £250,025 | East Midlands |
| Coated Aluminium Electrode Plates for Air Cooled (AC) PEMFC Stacks - CAEPAC | Intelligent Energy | LE11 3GB | £42,764 | East Midlands |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | Added Scientific Ltd | NG7 2RD | £108,527 | East Midlands |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | University of Nottingham | NG7 2RD | £368,287 | East Midlands |
| HALO Hybrid Automotive Lightweight Optimisation | FAR-UK Ltd | NG11 7EP | £670,184 | East Midlands |
| Heavy Duty Dual Fuel Demonstrator Engine Achieving Future EU Emissions Compliance with 23% Carbon Reduction | Loughborough University | LE11 3TT | £419,611 | East Midlands |
| Heavy Duty Dual Fuel Demonstrator Engine Achieving Future EU Emissions Compliance with 23% Carbon Reduction | MAHLE Powertrain Ltd | NN5 5TZ | £38,781 | East Midlands |
| High Performance Low Emission Hybrid Power Train For Motorcycles And Lightweight Sports Cars | Meteor Power Ltd | NN12 8GX | £1,786,400 | East Midlands |
| HyPACE: Hybrid Petrol Advanced Combustion Engine | MAHLE Powertrain Ltd | NN5 5TZ | £302,825 | East Midlands |
| IMPACT - Integrated Magsplit Powertrain with Advanced Control and Testing | Romax Technology Ltd | NG72TU | £352,716 | East Midlands |
| Light weight and cost effective composite structural core from recyclate | OMNIA(CS) Ltd | NG1 1HW | £87,920 | East Midlands |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | FAR-UK Ltd | NG11 7EP | £508,907 | East Midlands |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | Scott Bader Company Ltd | NN29 7SH | £26,028 | East Midlands |
| Motion Resistance Optimisation System | Caterpillar UK Ltd | LE9 9JT | £265,635 | East Midlands |
| Painting in the Sky the lightweight cars of tomorrow | FAR-UK Ltd | NG7 2TU | £84,766 | East Midlands |
| Painting in the Sky the lightweight cars of tomorrow | Loughborough University | LE11 3TU | £119,896 | East Midlands |
| Solid INTERfaces for Lithium Ion Batteries (SINTER) | Loughborough University | LE11 3TU | £99,044 | East Midlands |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | Surface Generation Ltd | LE15 8TW | £570,970 | East Midlands |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | University of Nottingham | NG7 2RG | £265,137 | East Midlands |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | TWI Ltd | CB21 6AL | £299,929 | East of England |
| Cost Effective Electric Bus (CELEB) | Equipmake Ltd | NR14 8FB | £104,880 | East of England |
| Feasibility assessment of a low-cost light-weight Gallium Nitride traction inverter through build and testing of a 55 kW prototype | Zagres Ltd | CB1 1BH | £174,034 | East of England |
| FEVER (Forty Eight Volt Electrified Rear Axle) | Controlled Power Technologies Ltd | SS156TP | £486,080 | East of England |
| FEVER (Forty Eight Volt Electrified Rear Axle) | Provector Ltd | CB63HA | £63,700 | East of England |
| HALO Hybrid Automotive Lightweight Optimisation | TWI Ltd | CB21 6AL | £217,000 | East of England |
| HyPACE: Hybrid Petrol Advanced Combustion Engine | Cambustion Ltd | CB1 8DH | £131,979 | East of England |
| IMPACT - Integrated Magsplit Powertrain with Advanced Control and Testing | Computational Modelling Cambridge Ltd | CB12LA | £350,786 | East of England |
| Improving EV efficiency through the use of a continuously variable transmission | Idiada Automotive Technology UK Ltd | CB24 3AR | £64,300 | East of England |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | Granta Design Ltd | CB17EG | £124,356 | East of England |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | TWI Ltd | CB216AL | £458,073 | East of England |
| Moisture Resistant Li-Air Batteries (MORELAB) | Cambridge University | CB2 1EW | £119,974 | East of England |
| Optimal Energy Management for Connected Vehicles with Electrified Powertrains (OpEnMCV-E) | AVL Powertrain UK Ltd | SS15 6LN | £111,197 | East of England |
| Towards fully sustainable high-performance biocomposites for lightweight vehicles | Element Materials Technology Ltd | SG4 0TW | £40,167 | East of England |
| Towards fully sustainable high-performance biocomposites for lightweight vehicles | University of East Anglia | NR4 7TJ | £160,161 | East of England |
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | Imperial College London | SW7 2BP | £238,981 | London |
| Affordable Composites for Lightweight Vehicles (ACLIV) | Imperial College London | SW7 2AZ | £125,000 | London |
| Diagnostics and Prognostics for Lithium-ion Battery Systems | Imperial College London | SW72BP | £119,054 | London |
| Heavy Duty Dual Fuel Demonstrator Engine Achieving Future EU Emissions Compliance with 23% Carbon Reduction | Brunel University London | UB8 3PH | £439,355 | London |
| Heavy Duty Dual Fuel Demonstrator Engine Achieving Future EU Emissions Compliance with 23% Carbon Reduction | Criterion Catalyst Company (part of Shell UK) | SE1 7NA | £399,966 | London |
| High Pressure EGR Generator (HiPERGen) | Advanced Design Technology Ltd | WC1E 7JN | £132,263 | London |
| High Pressure EGR Generator (HiPERGen) | University College London | WC1E 6BT | £200,439 | London |
| HyPACE: Hybrid Petrol Advanced Combustion Engine | Johnson Matthey Plc | EC4A 4AB | £133,370 | London |
| Interjet RR - Complete Low Carbon Adaptive and Interactive Low Rolling Resistance and Aerodynamics System | Teqniqa Systems Ltd | W1H 1DP | £49,285 | London |
| Plasma Removal of Methane from Natural Gas Dual-Fuel Engines (PROMENADE) | G-volution Plc | W1B 5DF | £335,094 | London |
| Range extended- refrigerated BEVs for CO2 abatement in fleets | Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership | SW1H 9JJ | £7,254 | London |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | Gestamp Autotech Engineering R&D UK Ltd | DL56EP | £160,793 | NE England |
| Mild Hybrid Medium Commercial Vehicle Proof of Concept | AVID Technology Group Ltd | NE23 1WG | £174,247 | NE England |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | Nifco UK Ltd | TS16 0PS | £34,573 | NE England |
| Unlocking the potential of a Free Piston Engine range-extender | Newcastle University | NE1 7RU | £91,707 | NE England |
| Unlocking the potential of a Free Piston Engine range-extender | SR Technology Innovations Ltd | DH7 8ET | £110,664 | NE England |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | University of Liverpool | L69 3BX | £237,682 | NW England |
| Heavy Duty Dual Fuel Demonstrator Engine Achieving Future EU Emissions Compliance with 23% Carbon Reduction | Clean Air Power Ltd (part of Vayon Group Ltd) | PR26 7UX | £883,300 | NW England |
| Highly automated, scaleable, low energy consumption process for complex, lightweight, hollow CFRP structures | University of Manchester | M13 9PL | £99,969 | NW England |
| Plasma Removal of Methane from Natural Gas Dual-Fuel Engines (PROMENADE) | University of Manchester | M13 9PL | £411,900 | NW England |
| Rescued Carbon Fibre for use in the Automotive Industry | Univeristy of Manchester | M13 9PL | £55,749 | NW England |
| Specialist Polymer Lighweight springs: Innovative processing using Conventional Equipment (SPLICE) | Force Technology Ltd | FY6 8JU | £52,337 | NW England |
| Specialist Polymer Lighweight springs: Innovative processing using Conventional Equipment (SPLICE) | Northern Automotive Alliance | L24 9HJ | £17,500 | NW England |
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | Johnson Matthey Battery Systems | DD2 4UH | £173,379 | Scotland |
| Diagnostics and Prognostics for Lithium-ion Battery Systems | Dukosi Ltd | EH260BA | £84,057 | Scotland |
| Motion Resistance Optimisation System | FlowGuard Ltd | KY6 2SB | £371,529 | Scotland |
| Range extended- refrigerated BEVs for CO2 abatement in fleets | Route Monkey | EH54 5DW | £183,124 | Scotland |
| Range extended- refrigerated BEVs for CO2 abatement in fleets | Sunamp | EH33 1RY | £593,970 | Scotland |
| Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles | AGM Batteries Ltd | KW14 7XW | £758,090 | Scotland |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | SGL Carbon Fibers Ltd | IV6 7UA | £285,446 | Scotland |
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | Johnson Matthey Plc | RG4 9NH | £349,558 | SE England |
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | Nacco Materials Handling Ltd | GU16 7SG | £23,173 | SE England |
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | Oxford University | OX1 3PH | £218,925 | SE England |
| Carbon Aluminium Automotive Hybrid Structures (CAAHS) | BCAST - Brunel University | UB8 3PH | £699,358 | SE England |
| Carbon Aluminium Automotive Hybrid Structures (CAAHS) | Constellium UK Ltd | SL1 8DF | £417,161 | SE England |
| Carbon Aluminium Automotive Hybrid Structures (CAAHS) | Gordon Murray Design Ltd | GU4 8EP | £458,098 | SE England |
| Carbon Aluminium Automotive Hybrid Structures (CAAHS) | Innoval Technology Ltd | OX16 1TQ | £282,857 | SE England |
| FEVER (Forty Eight Volt Electrified Rear Axle) | Ricardo UK Ltd | BN435FG | £790,929 | SE England |
| High energy density supercapacitors for hybrid applications | MAST Carbon International | RG22 4AB | £121,115 | SE England |
| High power density SOFC stack module for light commercial electric vehicle range extender | Ceres Power Ltd | RH13 5PX | £573,224 | SE England |
| High power density SOFC stack module for light commercial electric vehicle range extender | M-Solv Ltd | OX51FP | £155,947 | SE England |
| High power density SOFC stack module for light commercial electric vehicle range extender | Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd | MK430DB | £43,120 | SE England |
| HyPACE: Hybrid Petrol Advanced Combustion Engine | University of Oxford | OX1 3PJ | £384,332 | SE England |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd | MK430DB | £45,248 | SE England |
| Moisture Resistant Li-Air Batteries (MORELAB) | Johnson Matthey Plc | RG4 9NH | £62,714 | SE England |
| No title given | University of Brighton | BN2 4AT | £80,957 | SE England |
| Plasma Removal of Methane from Natural Gas Dual-Fuel Engines (PROMENADE) | Johnson Matthey Plc | RG4 9NH | £271,679 | SE England |
| Rescued Carbon Fibre for use in the Automotive Industry | Oxford Advanced Surfaces Ltd | OX5 1PF | £114,458 | SE England |
| Solid INTERfaces for Lithium Ion Batteries (SINTER) | Johnson Matthey Plc | RG4 9NH | £62,714 | SE England |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | Engenuity Ltd | RH17 5HF | £437,793 | SE England |
| Additive Manufacturing for Cooled High-Temperature Automotive Radial Machinery (CHARM) | HiETA Technologies Ltd | BS16 7FR | £93,283 | SW England |
| Additive Manufacturing for Cooled High-Temperature Automotive Radial Machinery (CHARM) | University of Bath | BA2 7AY | £116,036 | SW England |
| Advanced Inverted Brayton Cycle exhaust heat recovery with Steam Generation | HiETA Technologies Ltd | BS16 7FR | £104,912 | SW England |
| Advanced Inverted Brayton Cycle exhaust heat recovery with Steam Generation | University of Bath | BA2 7AY | £79,928 | SW England |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | NCC Operations Ltd | BS16 7SF | £940,000 | SW England |
| Camshaft Lightweighting through Advanced Manufacturing (CLAMP) | JD Norman Lydney Ltd | GL155PX | £63,526 | SW England |
| Cost Effective Electric Bus (CELEB) | Capoco Design Ltd | SP3 6NA | £70,036 | SW England |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | HiETA Technologies Ltd | BS16 7FR | £525,000 | SW England |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | Moog Controls Ltd | GL208NA | £86,974 | SW England |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | Renishaw PLC | GL12 8JR | £289,342 | SW England |
| High Performance Low Emission Hybrid Power Train For Motorcycles And Lightweight Sports Cars | Bath University | BA2 7AY | £304,502 | SW England |
| Light weight and cost effective composite structural core from recyclate | National Composite Centre | BS16 7FS | £65,980 | SW England |
| Light weight and cost effective composite structural core from recyclate | University of Exeter | EX4 4QF | £57,880 | SW England |
| Lightweight Innovative Flexible Technology (LIFT) | Ariel Ltd | TA18 7ST | £25,132 | SW England |
| Plasma Removal of Methane from Natural Gas Dual-Fuel Engines (PROMENADE) | HiETA Technologies | BS16 7FR | £249,190 | SW England |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | LMAT Ltd | BS16 7FS | £78,132 | SW England |
| Highly automated, scaleable, low energy consumption process for complex, lightweight, hollow CFRP structures | Riversimple Engineering Ltd | LD1 6DF | £104,987 | Wales |
| Advanced Inverted Brayton Cycle exhaust heat recovery with Steam Generation | Axes Design Ltd | WR14 4JU | £13,994 | West Midlands |
| Advanced Lithium Ion Capacitors and Electrodes (ALICE) | WMG Centre HVM Catapult | CV4 7AL | £108,237 | West Midlands |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | GKN Autostructures | TF16AA | £848,438 | West Midlands |
| Building a Volume Supply Chain for affordable lightweight composite Structures | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV4 3LF | £24,150 | West Midlands |
| Camshaft Lightweighting through Advanced Manufacturing (CLAMP) | Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) | CV79JU | £119,900 | West Midlands |
| Coated Aluminium Electrode Plates for Air Cooled (AC) PEMFC Stacks - CAEPAC | Teer Coatings Ltd | WR9 9AS | £45,516 | West Midlands |
| Coated Aluminium Electrode Plates for Air Cooled (AC) PEMFC Stacks - CAEPAC | WMG | CV4 7AL | £73,218 | West Midlands |
| FEVER (Forty Eight Volt Electrified Rear Axle) | Tata Motors European Technical Centre Plc | CV47AL | £494,875 | West Midlands |
| Functional Lattices for Automotive Components (FLAC) | Alcon Components Ltd | B79 7TN | £126,930 | West Midlands |
| HALO Hybrid Automotive Lightweight Optimisation | ASDEC | CV10 0TU | £207,409 | West Midlands |
| HALO Hybrid Automotive Lightweight Optimisation | HPL Prototypes Ltd | CV1 3DE | £180,731 | West Midlands |
| HALO Hybrid Automotive Lightweight Optimisation | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV3 4LF | £130,052 | West Midlands |
| High Performance Low Emission Hybrid Power Train For Motorcycles And Lightweight Sports Cars | Westfield Sports Cars | DY6 8XF | £97,243 | West Midlands |
| High Pressure EGR Generator (HiPERGen) | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV3 4LF | £111,977 | West Midlands |
| High Pressure EGR Generator (HiPERGen) | Valeo Air Management UK Ltd | B98 0DZ | £367,486 | West Midlands |
| HyPACE: Hybrid Petrol Advanced Combustion Engine | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV3 4LF | £762,292 | West Midlands |
| IMPACT - Integrated Magsplit Powertrain with Advanced Control and Testing | Changan R&D Centre Ltd | B377YG | £220,543 | West Midlands |
| Integrated Compression Moulding Process (InterComp) | Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd | CV35 0DB | £389,316 | West Midlands |
| Integrated Compression Moulding Process (InterComp) | Expert Tooling and Automation Ltd | CV4 9XA | £553,150 | West Midlands |
| Integrated Compression Moulding Process (InterComp) | Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of Warwick) | CV4 7AL | £417,177 | West Midlands |
| Interjet RR - Complete Low Carbon Adaptive and Interactive Low Rolling Resistance and Aerodynamics System | Fusion Innovations Ltd | B15 2SQ | £599,958 | West Midlands |
| Interjet RR - Complete Low Carbon Adaptive and Interactive Low Rolling Resistance and Aerodynamics System | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV3 4LF | N/A | West Midlands |
| Interjet RR - Complete Low Carbon Adaptive and Interactive Low Rolling Resistance and Aerodynamics System | Lyra Electronics Ltd | CV35 9EF | £170,386 | West Midlands |
| Interjet RR - Complete Low Carbon Adaptive and Interactive Low Rolling Resistance and Aerodynamics System | Randle Engineering Solutions Ltd | CV34 6UW | £104,000 | West Midlands |
| Interjet RR - Complete Low Carbon Adaptive and Interactive Low Rolling Resistance and Aerodynamics System | University of Birmingham | B15 2TT | £211,555 | West Midlands |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV3 4LF | £106,102 | West Midlands |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | Stadco Ltd | TF17LL | £10,828 | West Midlands |
| Light-join: Joining technologies to enable implementation of lightweight structures in automotive | University of Warwick | CV4 7AL | £250,000 | West Midlands |
| Lightweight Innovative Flexible Technology (LIFT) | Simpact Engineering Ltd | CV34 6RS | £126,421 | West Midlands |
| Lightweight Innovative Flexible Technology (LIFT) | University of Warwick | CV4 7AL | £29,820 | West Midlands |
| Motion Resistance Optimisation System | Michelin Tyre Company Ltd | ST4 4EY | £162,964 | West Midlands |
| No title given | Tata Motors European Technical Centre Plc | CV4 7AL | £40,803 | West Midlands |
| Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles | Warwick University | CV4 8UW | £355,887 | West Midlands |
| Specialist Polymer Lighweight springs: Innovative processing using Conventional Equipment (SPLICE) | Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of Warwick) | CV4 7AL | £74,854 | West Midlands |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | Jaguar Land Rover Ltd | CV3 4LF | £29,999 | West Midlands |
| Towards fully sustainable high-performance biocomposites for lightweight vehicles | Westfield Sportscars Ltd | DY6 8XF | £15,543 | West Midlands |
| HyPACE: Hybrid Petrol Advanced Combustion Engine | BorgWarner Ltd | BD4 6SE | £419,746 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| IMPACT - Integrated Magsplit Powertrain with Advanced Control and Testing | Magnomatics Ltd | S25BQ | £723,234 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| IMPACT - Integrated Magsplit Powertrain with Advanced Control and Testing | University of Sheffield | S13 JD | £303,361 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| MELComp2 - Mutiplex Energy Laser Consolidation of Continuous Fibre Aluminium Matrix Composites 2 | 313M Technology Ltd | HD1 3BZ | £913,003 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| MELComp2 - Mutiplex Energy Laser Consolidation of Continuous Fibre Aluminium Matrix Composites 2 | Antich & Sons (Huddersfield) Ltd | HD2 1UW | £743,587 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| No title given | OPTARE Group Ltd | LS25 6PT | £117,892 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Range extended- refrigerated BEVs for CO2 abatement in fleets | Paneltex | HU9 5PE | £361,564 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Sodium-ion batteries for electric vehicles | Faradion Ltd | S1 4DP | £220,586 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Sodium-ion battery performance over a wide temperature range | Faradion Ltd | S1 4DP | £155,156 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Specialist Polymer Lighweight springs: Innovative processing using Conventional Equipment (SPLICE) | Institute of Spring Technology | S3 7EO | £48,628 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Thermoplastic Overmoulding for Structural Composite Automotive Applications (TOSCAA) | University of Sheffield (UoS-AMRC) | S10 2TN | £361,825 | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Towards fully sustainable high-performance biocomposites for lightweight vehicles | NetComposites Ltd | S41 9QG | £69,308 | Yorkshire and the Humber |