UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £40 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects. Your project will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.
DRIVE35 (Driving Research and Investment in Vehicle Electrification) is a Department for Business and Trade led programme aimed at transforming the UK’s automotive industry. This is achieved by supporting R&D and the commercial scale up of innovative zero emission vehicle technologies, and unlocking capital investment in zero emission vehicles, batteries and their wider supply chain.
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) will work with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) and the automotive industry and academia, to invest up to £40 million in innovation projects.
The DRIVE35 Innovation Fund is part of a long term commitment for the driving growth sectors within the governments Industrial Strategy.
The aim of DRIVE35 Innovation Fund is to support R&D projects that design, develop and manufacture strategically important technologies in the automotive sector. These projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.