Uk Regime Launch £10M Prize For Battery Innovation
The British Government is launching a £10 1000000 prize for conception inward battery blueprint for the adjacent generation of ultra-low emission vehicles.
The contest volition opened upwardly for bids inward Apr alongside a winner announced inward the summer.
Announcing the prize Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander said: "The challenge is to depict on the UK's world-class scientific query together with railroad train a battery which is at the cutting border of innovation, commercially feasible together with laid upwardly to travel position into production.
"The contest volition travel opened upwardly to all U.K. query establishments, working together alongside vehicle manufacturers based over hither inward the UK."
Transport campaigner Quentin Willson, who has been involved inward designing the prize, said: "The U.K. should Pb the basis inward cutting-edge ULEV battery applied scientific discipline together with this inaugural volition assist practise jobs, constitute a whole novel manufacture together with boost GDP. I totally back upwardly this prize for the best inward U.K. battery innovation."