VO is a lightweight EPAC city solar powered taxi for 2 people and cargo with removable battery.

VO embodies the best attributes of car and cycle travel. Legally permitted to use cycle lanes, VO travels at a capped speed of 15.5mph, effectively faster than a car’s average 11.3mph through cities using solar, human power and innovative energy storage system.

VO’s zero-emission, ultra lightweight, 60kg design enables solar power to be reliable and sufficiently powerful for urban travel.

VO will be the vanguard for solar powered transport, paving the way for heavier solar vehicles as solar cell efficiency continues to advance.

Electric taxis have very specific challenges: increased utilisation rates, heavier weight and higher torque. This can be solved in part by more energy-efficient tyres, which have a lower rolling resistance and extend pure EV range, delaying the need to depend on fossil-fuel range extenders.

In this project ENSO, LEVC and ZETI will engineer/demonstrate/test/validate the GEN1-TX tyre for LEVC’s TX electric taxis. We intend to deliver an increased EV range of ≥10% using our tyre. This innovation combines proprietary compounds and lightweight tyre construction that’s not commercialised in this sector, a niche market underserved by leading tyre companies.

iNetic have designed and developed and are now ready to productionise a range traction motors for a wide range of electric vehicle applications.

The motors were designed from the start with a very clear cost down journey consisting of 3 distinct steps, 1 & 2 are complete, this application is for step 3. With each step cost is removed from the BOM and the motor becomes more attractive to volume customers.

Prototype iNetic iEV motors are used in a wide variety of EVs on land and sea, including PR19-1014 11 Ton E-Axle and PR19-1004 HPD EDU.

PowerPOD is an integrated, modular battery system demonstrated on an EV motorbike. It is a reconfigurable, hi-energy dense, power source system enabling multiple, cross-sector applications. This project refines the Proof Of Concept PowerPOD and develops it into a low volume, production-ready system.
A UK supply chain will be developed for the PowerPOD and Docking Module. Volume production in an EV motorbike will be developed with UK niche manufacturer CCM Motorcycles as well as new entrant Langen Motorcycles.

PACES will build upon a recently completed 2019 NVN-PoC project, advancing the technical and manufacturing readiness of a configurable eSkateboard concept, to be demonstrated on a JSCA vehicle application.

This will facilitate a step change in cost effective electric vehicle platform viability for niche manufacturers and specialist vehicle converters across the passenger, sportscar and light commercial sectors.

The partners will develop and extensively test an eSkateboard with integrated battery enclosure on a JSCA vehicle, accelerating the supply chain and manufacturing processes toward full production readiness. The eSkateboard and JSCA vehicle will progress to market in 2021 following successful project completion.

Carbon fibre has a vital role to play in vehicle light-weighting. However carbon fibre is very energy intensive to produce so re-using and recycling this material is also vital in order to gain it's full environmental benefit. Existing vehicle legislation requires that materials are recycled. Vehicle end of life quantities of carbon fibre are increasing. This project demonstrates a wide range of automotive applications of the recycled carbon fibre and brings them to a production capable stage demonstrated on electric hearses. Each partner will take the project knowledge forward to a variety of applications.

A range extending and performance enhancing lightweight wheel for small to medium sized electric vehicles. Lightweight composite wheels have, until now, been reserved for high-end luxury or performance sports cars. ACRIM II will buck this trend. Reducing rotating and unsprung mass has a measurable and significant impact on the efficiency and performance of a vehicle. The use of innovative preforming technologies, advanced material systems and process automation ensures scalability and cost reduction for production volumes. By utilising a novel modular construction, multiple wheel stylings can be realised with minimal NRE. ACRIM II demonstrates the future of ultra-lightweight automotive wheels

Preparing the innovative and lightweight last mile delivery e-trike designed under the ALECS PoC project for production. The resulting product will deliver a safe, zero emission, efficient last mile delivery vehicle with a configurable multi-function platform, creating a significant market opportunity.

Project partners are Pashley Cycles (project lead and vehicle manufacturing), Simpact Engineering (engineering consultancy and product-development specialists), the UoW (manufacturing control, visualisation and low carbon specialists) and Foresight Innovations (Lightweight cargo loadspace specialists). Supply-chain subcontractors include Reynolds and Omnia-CS. Serco, the provider of mobility projects nationally and Zedify, a leading UK cargo e-trike delivery business, will be observers.

We designed, built and tested a sophisticated electric axle for Dennis Eagle's prototype UV Plugin Hybrid vehicle. After this successful project, Hall Engineering And Design Ltd want to team up with Portland Engineering and EVParts UK Ltd to move this prototype technology towards production reality. The axle has integrated motors, inverters and hub reduction gearing. The main focus will be on simplification and cost reduction to make this axle technology viable for niche manufacturers such as DE. Dennis Eagle are gifting us a donor vehicle to demonstrate the axle on

Between September 2017 and February 2018, Swindon Powertrain led the extremely successful proof of concept project NV17-PC128, E Classic - electrification of a Mini.

We now wish to bring its E powertrain, an extremely compact unit with a very competitive ratio power / cost , to production, with a widened commercial scope, also covering light commercial, recreational and niche manufacturers vehicles.

In order to achieve this we are bringing Swindon's overall powertrain expertise together with iNetic's electric motor manufacturing know how and Code Automotive's specific transmission design consultancy experience.