About
The Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) is a government-backed organization that accelerates the transition to a net-zero automotive industry. Through funding programs like DRIVE35 and the Automotive Transformation Fund, APC provides grants and support for innovation in low-carbon vehicle technologies, from early-stage R&D to large-scale manufacturing transformation. The organization also delivers industry insights, roadmaps, and expertise to help decarbonize the automotive supply chain and capitalize on the UK's £24 billion electrification opportunity.
Funding Opportunities
Automotive Transformation Fund
The Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF) provides capital funding to support the industrialisation of zero-emission vehicle technologies. Its goal is to safeguard and create highly-skilled jobs, attract private investment, and drive emissions reductions, whilst securing future zero-emission vehicle manufacture in the UK by building an internationally competitive EV supply chain through the transition, upgrading or establishment of new manufacturing facilities. The programme aims to develop a UK-based manufacturing capability for zero-emission vehicles and leverage the UK's unique reputation in high-growth domestic and export markets. Capital investment projects will be managed through the Department for Business and Trade Central Grants & Loans Team. The ATF has attracted approximately £6 billion of private capital investment across capital and R&D programmes, created or safeguarded over 6,000 jobs, and has a supply chain focus from battery raw materials to electric motor manufacturing. The available grant is dependent on the proposed project and will be determined during the second stage of the application process, with the grant requested being the minimum required to ensure the sustainability of the investment.
Scale-up Fund
DRIVE35's innovative Scale-Up Fund is designed to bridge the gap between innovation and transformation. This critical phase of product or process development is filled with inherent risk and often referred to as the 'Valley of Death' by businesses large and small. It requires significant amounts of investment to ensure an already successfully validated business plan becomes a reality. The funding stream has been specifically designed to overcome the inherent risks of the scale-up phase by supporting the development of new pilot-scale and demonstration-scale 'first-of-a-kind' production processes and facilities and encourage investment, public and private sector, enabling safe passage through the valley of death. Funded by the Department for Business and Trade and delivered in partnership with the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK and Innovate UK, the DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund offers grants of between £2.5m to £20m to UK-registered businesses, large or small, single entity or consortium, to enable rapid scale-up of essential zero-emission vehicle technologies. Through incremental validation of production capability, companies can showcase their readiness for market engagement and growth, leading to further substantial private sector investment and enabling them to reach the end-goal of full-scale industrialisation, further enriching the UK's established automotive zero-emission supply chain.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 2
- Active Now
- 2
- Source Domain
- apcuk.co.uk
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