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A new competition to provide a platform for UK SMEs and their supply chain to take existing low carbon vehicle technologies from demonstration through to production readiness is now open.

The first 5 fleets of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Ford Transit Custom vans will explore how lower-emission plug-in hybrid electric vans could support cleaner air targets.

Overall production was at a 17-year high in the first quarter of 2017 says Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

The Advanced Propulsion Centre has awarded £62 million funding to projects to develop innovative low carbon technology in the UK.

The ground-breaking Multi User Systems Testing Environment for Research programme uses advanced Hardware-in-the-Loop technology to connect each of the APC’s six Spoke sites.

The initial £28 million engineering program, part funded by the Advanced Propulsion Centre, has been running for nine months and is already entering the hardware test stage.

The ISCF, which supports collaboration between science and business, aims to invigorate the development of disruptive technologies in the UK.

A 7.5% increase in production was recorded in January in comparison to the previous year’s figures, says the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).

To help aid the work of the Automotive Council, it is seeking to find organisations who can help run the new Workstream Support Facilitators initiative.

A number of plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Ford Transit Custom vans, which are the product of a £4.7 million Advanced Propulsion Centre and industry-funded project, will be trialled in London from Autumn 2017.