Funded Projects

ACTIVE was a wide-reaching collaborative R&D project being led by Ford to apply advanced powertrain concepts to significantly cut CO2 emissions to the 1.0L and 1.5L EcoBoost 3-cylinder gasoline engine.

High efficiency ICE and all-electric vehicles are shaping how we own and drive cars. Step forward Morgan Motor Company, a UK success story and a world-famous car manufacturer, integrating state-of-the-art low CO2 powertrains.

Jaguar Land Rover developed lightweight, hybridised Dual-cluth Transmission (DCT) for on and off road applications.

This project delivers engine downsizing that can be deployed in a range of off-highway machines, delivering advantages including significant improvements in fuel consumption together with lower CO2 emissions.

Project Dynamo brings sizeable fuel savings through upgrades to two passenger vehicle powertrains which benefit around 1.4 million engines per year.

This project will increase the speed of the transition to zero emission buses that meet both the technical and commercial needs.

This project will develop and demonstrate an innovative, multi-platform automated battery charging process that will improve the efficiency and the competitiveness of the NMNUK factory. Between the work of Nissan and Newcastle University, there will be an improvement of safety, quality and efficiency in a large fast-flowing production line.

The project delivers low costs and efficient manufacturing solutions for a key component of electric motors that are not available for niche, start up or low volume manufacturers.

This project will develop highly efficient, power dense electric vehicle technology which are well suited to sports cars, light commercial vehicles, buses and trucks, which are operated with dynamic duty cycles and therefore require high power electrification.

This project will produce a Ford Transit FCEV demonstrator, incorporating state-of-the-art digital engineering tools to simulate and optimise vehicle systems; including sensitivity studies through the implementation of multiple energy systems.