Technology Innovation

UK automotive supplier GKN has agreed a deal that will see Formula One technology fitted to 500 buses across the UK. As part of a supply deal with national bus operator Go-Ahead, GKN will provide vehicles with its innovative Gyrodrive electric flywheel technology, which will help to reduce emissions in cities.

Government has today launched a £10 million competition for UK cities to host a driverless cars trial, which will see fully autonomous vehicles take to the streets from January 2015.

APC will become low carbon R&D centre of excellence

Major report by Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership shows how low carbon policy has rejuvenated the UK automotive sector.

SMMT officially launches its prestigious Award for Automotive Innovation for 2014.

The automotive and finance industries must work to change the process for manufacturing new technologies in large quantities, a panel of experts at the 2014 SMMT International Automotive Summit has suggested.

Electrification and hydrogen fuel cell technology will both be instrumental in powering vehicles in the near future. This was the message delivered as Kevin E Layden, Global Director of Powertrain Engineering for Ford Motor Company, and Frank Meijer, Head of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle at Hyundai Motor Europe, debated strategies for advanced propulsion at the 2014 SMMT International Automotive Summit.

SMMT’s prestigious Award for Automotive Innovation, which rewards the most ground-breaking ideas from all areas of the UK automotive sector, is returning for a fifth year.

UK government, alongside automotive manufacturers Ford, Cummins, GKN and JCB will invest £133 million in powertrain development projects to improve fuel efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

Jaguar Land Rover has accorded a prestigious 2014 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade, for its outstanding overseas sales growth over the last three years.