The core objective of InnoBMS is to develop and demonstrate (TRL6) a future-ready best-in-class BMS hard- and software solution that maximizes battery utilization and performance for the user without negatively affecting battery life, even in extreme conditions, whilst continuously maintaining safety. Concretely, the InnoBMS proposal will deliver a 12% higher effective battery pack volumetric density, a 33% longer battery lifetime and a demonstrated lifetime of 15 years. The results will be demonstrated using novel testing methods that give a 36% reduction in the testing time of a BMS. The results will be demonstrated in two use cases, one light commercial vehicle (Fiat Doblo Electric) and one medium-duty van (IVECO eDaily). The key outcomes will enable a cost reduction of 12% and 9.7% for passenger cars and light-duty vehicles, respectively. The core objective will be achieved through five technical objectives. 1) advanced hybrid physical and data-driven models and algorithms to enable a flexible and modular BMS suitable for a wide range of batteries. 2) Software for a fully connected and fully wireless BMS that acts as a communication server inside the vehicle E/E-architecture, the center of connection, on-board diagnostics and decision-taking for all battery-related information. 3) A scalable, fully wireless and selftested BMS hardware that enables using different battery sizes at different operating voltage levels, and smart sensor integration. 4)Better battery utilization and exploitation using cloud-informed strategies and procedure. 5) A heterogeneous simulation toolchain and automated test methods. The consortium includes 2 vehicle manufacturers, 2 TIER1 supplier, 3 engineering companies, 2 universities (leading in e-power and electromobility), an RTO and 3 SMEs. The partners have worked together closely in previous and ongoing projects, and have extensive knowhow in taking the step from new technology to innovative vehicles for real-world applications.

This project accelerates the development of technologies that will support OX to deliver a transport-as-a-service (TaaS) business model for a low-cost, flat-packed, electric off-road vehicle. New markets are opened up by developing a purpose-designed product and a new business model which is suitable for emerging markets, supporting economic growth. The innovations in this project include the development of advanced, affordable EV technology through UK localisation of EDU assembly and manufacture, battery cost and density optimisation, lightweight resilient structures, intelligent off-road traction, and an advanced end-to-end closed-loop digital ecosystem. All of which will optimise cost and efficiency.

Billions of people live in developing countries that suffer from a lack of affordable transport, this stifles economic growth and prevents access to healthcare, education and opportunity. The Global Vehicle Trust (GVT) was founded by a UK charity to tackle this transport shortage. GVT's strategy is to dramatically reduce the price of motorised transport by creating an innovative pay-as-you-go shared transport service, the "OX Ecosystem". Due to a lack of suitable vehicles to enable this ecosystem GVT have worked with renowned automotive designer Prof. Gordon Murray to develop the unique OX truck which is the only vehicle purpose designed for the developing world conditions -- poor roads, heavy loads, minimal service infrastructure. 4 OX prototypes have been built and tested using a diesel powertrain. Our vision for this project is to demonstrate the commercial and technical feasibility of a zero emissions electric powertrain for the OX. This "eOX" will be the worlds' first electric vehicle (BEV) purpose designed for the developing world.

Public description This project brings together 3 UK SME's Equipmake Ltd, Potenza Technology and EPS, to develop a ground breaking electric bus architecture which will significantly improve the efficiency of electric buses, reducing their cost and hence accelerating uptake. This will result in cities getting cleaner air more quickly than would have been the case before. The project will deliver a fully integrated electric bus drivetrain and heating, cooling and ventilation system (HVAC), which will reduce energy consumption by over 30% compared with existing technologies. Four vehicles will be produced with the system during the project. These vehicles will be trialled within the next 2 years in London and Buenos Aires.

"The Government's Faraday programme is supporting an important new research project to improve the safety of batteries for use in electric vehicles and as stationary power sources. Businesses Jaguar Land Rover, Denchi Power, 3M, Potenza, Lifeline and Tri-Wall are pooling resources with academics and experts at the University of Warwick and the Health and Safety Executive to ensure public safety in the age of electric motoring. Electrically-powered vehicles and battery storage installations thankfully have a good safety record in the UK, but engineers and academics involved in battery design are taking no chances. Lithium-Ion battery cells have the potential to catch fire aggressively, and with consumers demanding that batteries give them further range and faster charging, there is an urgent need to develop an understanding of how such ""thermal runaway"" (TR) events may be triggered, suppressed and contained. The use of improved prevention materials, methods and mechanisms and a focus on identifying and detecting all early signs of risks, will ensure that fires can be prevented, or if necessary isolated and suppressed before they spread. Project LIBRIS seeks to improve understanding of the range of potential causes of TR in individual battery cells and through scaling up tests and scientific understanding, develop better computational models for assessing the spread of TR within battery packs. The team will use real vehicle and stationary Lithium-Ion battery designs and applications to model theoretical work and will take forward the most effective innovations into newly designed packs which will be tested to make sure that the inventions actually work. The group will then use this experience to develop standard tests for assessing the effectiveness of any future battery fire prevention mechanisms, thus assisting the next generation of work on this vital issue. The project will lead to better battery pack design and control software, better fire sensing equipment, more use of innovative flame-retardant materials and better packaging for batteries in transport and during storage. It will create business opportunities and investment in the UK, whilst also contributing to public safety. It will also build UK public sector capability to influence future international safety standards and regulations, so that safety remains paramount, but is science-based and not used as an artificial excuse for trade barriers."

"**The Faraday Challenge (FC) Round 2 is designed to support the creation of a viable UK electric vehicle (EV) battery supply chain with an emphasis on safety of Lithium Ion Batteries (LIBs). A major known concern relating to the use, transportation and storage of LIBs is the need to ""eliminate _thermal runaway_ risks for enhanced safety"". PreLIBS (Preliminary feasibility study into Lithium Ion Battery Safety) aims to develop an understanding of key areas linked to this area. The study will act as a precursor for further research.** It is envisaged that the industrial benefits would include: * Manufacturers taking Lithium-Ion battery safety responsibly and benefiting from enhanced solutions to address Thermal Runaway and subsequent Thermal Propagation mitigation strategies * The ability to predictively model fire propagation would allow the optimisation of solutions -- delivering lighter weight and lower cost without reducing safety * Encouragement of an increased uptake of EVs, providing greater efficiencies in use over ICEs * UK LIB safety testing at HSL would give UK manufacturers an early advantage in taking these technologies to market **The PreLIBS team is made up of a consortium with members from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), Health and Executive, Science Division (HSL), Warwick Fire, Potenza Technology, Lifeline Fire and Safety Systems Ltd (Lifeline) and 3M UK PLC (3M); knowledge and expertise would be pooled to navigate the challenge. A review of existing literature would be conducted with a focus on Standards & Regulations. Data from a preliminary body of test and modelling work, which would provide initial guidance for sensing and mitigation solutions, considering a variety of potential materials.****Key deliverables from the PreLIBS study would include:** * **Guidance on navigating and evidence to inform the standards** * **Analysis of sensing and detection methods** * **Evaluation of material effects in thermal runaway** * **Cell and cell group data to inform modelling and material design** **Industry, including battery manufacturers and organisations using batteries in their products, is actively seeking information about how to integrate battery safety into their products, processes, and procedures. These concerns need to be addressed now to ensure that safety issues do not become barriers to the effective and safe deployment of LIB technology for EVs.**"

"**AID-CAV** brings together four UK SMEs with two research organisations to develop some of the key ""vehicle platform"" technologies that will be required for the rapid development of the next generation of autonomous vehicles -- vehicles that will have enhanced capability and performance. Lead partner Delta Motorsport will develop its existing vehicle dynamics control framework to make it suitable for autonomous vehicles based on the extended control authority it will have -- not just traction motor(s) but steering and brakes as well. Delta will convert one of its E-4 Coupe electric vehicles such that it can be used by the consortium to validate the hardware and software being developed. Titan and WMG will develop a bespoke high-performance servo motor which, combined with a new power electronics controller, will create a high-reliability steering mechanism featuring the appropriate level of redundancy for L5 autonomy. This development will build on Titan's existing knowledge of EPAS systems in the niche automotive and motorsport sectors to provide steer-by-wire (SBW). Working closely with Titan, WMG will bring significant expertise to the project in advanced power electronics solutions, together with electric motor design, manufacturing processes and implementation. Alcon will enhance its existing motorsport braking systems by combining the functions of brake actuation and ABS modulation (including brake-by-wire, BBW) into a single device. System response is improved (and thus system performance and safety) while reducing weight and complexity. Calibration is also simplified, reducing the risk of negative interaction between the two sub-systems. Cranfield will develop an autonomous driving controller accounting for the complex vehicle dynamic behaviour in limit handling conditions and exploiting the enhanced control authority available through multiple actuators (allowing individual wheel torque control) and the novel flexible control architecture. Potenza will develop the safety case for the system architecture and thus for the sub-systems, using an out-of-context methodology to provide a template for applying the systems to other vehicles. The technologies will be developed within the framework of ISO26262 Edition 2 and will be designed to meet the derived safety requirements. All systems will have the necessary flexibility to adapt -- quickly and at relatively low cost -- to a wide range of vehicles, including small cars, trucks, off-highway and high-performance vehicles."

"AMPLiFII 2 is aimed to take the results of the successfully delivered Amplifii project (in the form of a modular, scalable, flexible battery architecture for deployment on low to medium volume vehicle platforms) and accelerate their integration into vehicle products for JLR, JCB, Ariel and ADL. It will take the manufacturing technology developed during Amplifii and adapt it for implementation by the partners. Further, it will develop additional functionality for the AMPLiFII battery system, including 800V high power charging and discharge, location based BMS control, advanced and highly robust cooling, distributed BMS, use of new 21700 cell format, and cost-down measures. The project will result in four fully developed management demonstrator vehicles, a pilot production facility at Delta Motorsport, and a production ready BMS system by Potenza and Trackwise."

ESCIPODs is a collaborative project led by Westfield Sportscars, alongside Zap&Go, Potenza, Heathrow Enterprises and The University of Warwick to develop existing autonomous vehicles for higher efficiency and extended range. It builds on existing research and development that has been carried out in the UK to propose a novel and innovative solution for clean and efficient urban transportation. This will be achieved by developing a new hybrid supercapacitor and Lithium-Ion battery system for deployment in both new and retrofit PODs.

Cities globally are under pressure to improve local air quality and reduce CO2 emissions. This has created a market pull for zero emission buses.However market adoption has been slow as current solutions are too expensive and heavy, mainly due to the cost and size of the battery pack required. The heating, cooling and ventilation (HVAC) of an electric bus can use as much energy as for traction. By novel integration of the HVAC the energy required and therefore battery capacity can be reduced by 30%. This project will deliver a truly cost effective electric bus via novel integration of the HVAC, and will incorporate a new novel vehicle wiring solution from Potenza Technologies which will simplify the wiring loom significantly. The project is a collaboration which also includes leading traction battery manufacturer Nissan, one of the largest bus manufacturers in Brazil, Agrale, leading power electronics supplier Semikron, UK gear manufacturing company DePe, and bus testing experts CSA Testing.The projects collaborative and specialist sub-contract partners will enable the consortium to get to market with a relaible product in the shortest possible time.

The project will develop a new approach to the specification and implementation of marine power management systems to improve efficiency and adaptability. An Agile Power Management System will be developed, demonstrating a capability to interface with multiple power sources and energy storage to meet the varying load demands across a range of marine vessels. This will enable the optimisation of energy management by intelligently controlling power distribution in a way that is tailored to a specific vessel. As a result, vessel owners will be able to minimise their fuel consumption, improve their maintenance regimes and reduce their environmental impact.

Morgan Motor Company will collaborate with Delta Motorsport and Potenza Technology on a 3-year, APC- supported R&D project to develop new propulsion solutions for its future vehicle range. These solutions will include heavily down-sized, fuel efficient petrol engines coupled with the latest electrification technologies to produce hybrid sports cars and all-electric variants. The objective is to develop these solutions such that they can be manufactured and offered within the Morgan sports car range prior to 2020.

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The Ebbs and Flows of Energy Systems (EFES) project looks to develop a grid balancing platform to provide electrical support to the national grid during peak energy demand times, such as evenings. The project will achieve this through development of a virtual power plant (VPP), a cloud based 'power plant', capable of utilising dispirate electricity storage assets through a software package and controlled by utility providers. Supporting technology will also be developed through this project, including; a building energy management system (BEMS) for domestic and commercial building control functionality to support the VPP, domestic battery storage (BS) to store electricity during low tariff times for re-distribution during peak demand and vehicle-to-grid (V2G) electric vehicle (EV) charging capability to enable EVs to act as a battery store. The VPP will use current and historical consumer data to caculate the available battery provision to the national grid. The result of this support is a reduced requirement for rapid response services in the way of fossil fuel power plants, generating both a economic and environmental savings.

This ABACUS project is directly aligned with the research challenge of preserving the value of products at end-of-life and keeping them in productive use for longer. The consortium is led by Jaguar Land Rover and includes G+P Batteries, Potenza Technology and the University of Warwick – WMG. The ABACUS project aims to achieve a waste stream reduction of 50%-70% through new business models and new innovative approaches to battery system design that (a) support the in-service life of the battery and (b) extend its productive life beyond first vehicle installation. The project will define the complete value chain for the battery. It will identify key breakpoints, for example when it is economical to service, test, recover, remanufacture and redeploy the battery. The project will address the strategic need for accurate and easily obtained data for driving commercial decisions that are economically viable and environmentally sustainable. For the first time, strategic circular economy principles such as prevention, modularity, re-purposing and re-manufacture will be embedded with traditional automotive targets for reduced product cost, weight and volume.

The Eco low Rolling resistance tyre or ECORR, project is a follow on from a successful IDP6 feasibility project of the same name. The project focus is a tyre which can adapt it’s profile and stiffness dynamically, allowing it to operate in a very low rolling resistance mode, or in a performance grip mode when cornering or braking/accelerating. Analysis undertaken by the University of Birmingham (UOB) as part of the feasibility study concluded that the technology was capable of a step change 7.5% CO2 reduction compared to a vehicle running on conventional pneumatic tyres, and in addition had the potential to improve cornering grip, reduce tyre manufacturing costs, NVH and provide inherent run flat capability. Future development will see ECORR become a fully integrated dynamic component of the Low Carbon Vehicle. To enable this the IDP 8 project has built a consortium between Fusion Innovations, UOB, Potenza Technology and Randle Engineering capable of developing the concept design through to a physical demonstrator and undergoing on vehicle testing (TRL 5). The tyre concept and a supporting generator technology for inflation are both the basis of patent applications. ECORR applies to the majority of conventional wheels, and it is envisaged that full vehicle integration will further enhance operational benefits.