A new collaboration between The Tyre Collective and Transport Research Laboratory. This feasibility will deliver an MVP platform that enables data exchange to reduce vehicle air pollution. To narrow the scope for feasibility, our focus is on commercial freight vehicles, which represent 30 percent of all traffic in central London and make an estimated 281,000 journeys per day. This project assesses market need and develops a first prototype platform that layers data from the vehicle (CAN), from transport data platforms (e.g freight management systems) and transport adjacent data (e.g weather). This is combined with data from The Tyre Collective's proprietary technology that captures tyre and road wear particles (TRWP) at source. The outcome will be a working prototype that will be tested on-vehicle with TRL as a micro-demonstrator to show the potential of our technology.

Standard tyres shed approximately 10-30% of tread during their lifetime, generating micro-pollutants which enter our atmosphere, oceans and impact human health. Over 40M tyres are fitted to cars annually in the UK alone, and will shed ~16% of their mass. This problem is exacerbated by the uptake of ULEVs, which are heavier and have higher torque, resulting in 30% faster tyre-wear than ICE vehicles. **Increasing ULEVs on-the-road will increase carbon emissions from tyres as a direct consequence,** particularly for high mileage LGVs moving to electric. Fleet investment in EVs will increase by almost 50% over the next two years to £12bn. Currently, apart from cleaning our roads regularly, or dramatically overhauling the tyre industry, there is no immediate or preventative solution to reducing emissions. The Tyre Collective (TTC) has developed a **patented electrostatic cleaning filtration device, attachable to vehicle wheels which collects tyre shed at source, preventing it from entering the environment.** This revolutionary device will be able to attach to any size wheel, and capture PM. In this project, TTC will work with future customers to trial our devices on fleet vehicles. We will work with leading experts in Computational Fluid Dynamics to achieve a PM capture rate of 60%. The main outcome of this project will be TC02 V1, ready for soft-launch by Spring 2024\. In this project we will: * Optimise design of TC02, aiming to match our in-lab capture rate of 60% on-road * Conduct a demonstrator trial with Zhero/WJ Group to test our device on fleet vehicles and across our future market * Carry out a safety and regulation assessment for TC02 * Environmental assessment to review the impact of TC02 over its lifetime. * Launch TC02 Version 1 for LGVs TTC has gained significant traction from awards (e.g James Dyson Award), and has built a strong network of backers, supporters and advisors from industry including (e.g CEVT). Our team comprises mechanical, automotive and design engineers, and a team of senior commercial advisors. This project will include contributions from world-leading experts in Computational Fluid Dynamics (Filipe Buscariolo), particulate matter analysis and characterisation (Imperial College London), manufacturing and product safety (JNDC) and sustainability (Pilio).

Our vision is to transform the one of the most environmentally-damaging resources used in society, vehicle tyres, into a circular economy by reusing materials that currently cause air and ocean pollution, which have a detrimental impact on human health. In this project, The Tyre Collective will complete development of three critical components of their novel tyre rubber capture device: the cleaning mechanism, storage tank and power configuration. The Tyre Collective will also work with Atlantis Carbon Black, experts in tyre pyrolysis and Europe's leading manufacturer for turning micronized rubber powder into regranulated rubber for tyre treading. We will work together to understand the scalability, manufacturability and commercialisation for reuse of our high grade and uncontaminated powderized tyre rubber. This project completes the lifecycle: capturing tyre rubber particulate matter at tyre source, conducting materials characterisation, matching the material quality to appropriate reuse market and building scalable and route-to-market at speed. Tyres shed half-a-million tonnes of carcinogenic, toxic carbon dust every year. Accelerating the shift to low carbon transport will increase carbon emissions from tyres as a direct consequence. EVs and ULEVs are heavier and have higher torque, causing their tyres to wear down 30% faster.

The Tyre Collective will conduct a technical assessment into the development and deployment of an innovative, patent-pending tyre-wear collector. Tyres shed half-a-million tonnes of carcinogenic, toxic carbon dust every year. Accelerating the shift to low carbon transport will increase carbon emissions from tyres as a direct consequence. EVs and ULEVs are heavier and have higher torque, causing their tyres to wear down 30% faster. In this project, The Tyre Collective will work with future customers to validate the technical, commercial and environmental feasibility of our solution in preparation for an on-vehicle pilot test with our partners.