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Jaguar Land Rover lead partner in $160M automotive advanced R&D center in UK

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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is the lead partner in the £100-million (US$160 million) National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC) to be built at Warwick University. Construction of the NAIC is scheduled to begin in September 2014 at the University of Warwick. —Antony Harper, Jaguar Land Rover’s Head of Research.

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UK APC awards US$77M to seven low-carbon transportation R&D projects

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Projects include: BMW Motorsport Ltd will collaborate with Delta Motorsport and WMG at University of Warwick to design, develop and produce power-dense batteries in the UK, one of the missing links in the global roadmap for the widespread adoption of all kinds of electric vehicles. New Holland Agriculture, a brand of CNH Industrial N.V.

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UK TSB and BIS investing 10M in 16 low-carbon vehicle projects

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million) in grants to 16 collaborative research and development projects that focus on achieving significant cuts in CO 2 emissions for vehicle-centric technologies in low carbon vehicles. Technologies supported include ultra lightweight engine designs, advanced battery management systems and the next generation of electric motors.

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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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million) to six projects to further develop the UK’s low carbon vehicle capability. The HiUCV is targeted to halve the overall carbon emissions per tonne of waste collected of current best-in-class Refuse Collection Vehicles (RCVs) in the urban environment. Jaguar Land Rover (lead company), Lotus Cars Ltd, Nissan Motor Co.

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Ricardo to host conference on energy generation and management in low carbon vehicles

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Ricardo will host a conference on the challenges and potential solutions for auxiliary power units (APUs), waste energy recovery, and parasitic loss reduction in electric and other low carbon vehicles. The conference will conclude with a comparison of range extended electric vehicles to other low carbon powertrain architectures.

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Nissan announces UK production for future generation EV batteries

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Also receiving funding were consortia led by Morgan Motor Company; The London Taxi Company; AGM Batteries Ltd.; Jaguar Land Rover; and Parker Hannifin.

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Partners Present Details of 29M Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project in UK; 15 Separate Workstreams from Battery Cells to Aerodynamics

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million) Low Carbon Vehicle Technology Project (LCVTP) Based in the UK’s West Midlands were revealed at a launch event held at the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire. Drive Motors. The goal of the LCVTP is to accelerate the introduction of low carbon vehicles by 4 years. More details of the £29-million (US$44.7-million)

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