DRIVE35 Collaborate
Supports industry consortia advancing zero-emission vehicle technologies toward manufacturing commercialization.
DRIVE35 Collaborate is the largest-scale competitive grant stream within the Advanced Propulsion Centre's DRIVE35 program, targeting late-stage, consortium-led R&D projects that are ready to transition from technology development to commercial deployment in the UK automotive sector. APC, headquartered at the University of Warwick campus in Coventry, operates in co-funding partnership with Innovate…
Zero-emission vehicles, manufacturing competitiveness, software-defined vehicles / E/E architectures.
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