Low-carbon vehicle trials
More than 100 ultra-low-carbon vehicles will begin year trials across the West Midlands in December 2009 after receiving a £2.5m regional development agency grant.
The funds were bestowed to CABLED (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emissions Demonstrators), a West Midlands consortium of manufacturers, academia and city councils, by Advantage West Midlands.
The consortium will test 110 road-worthy vehicles in and around the Birmingham and Coventry areas over the next 12 to 18 months.
CABLED was the largest of eight regional winners in the Technology Strategy Board’s £25m Ultra-Low-Carbon Vehicles Demonstrator competition announced in June 2009.
The combined project will see 340 cars from eight groups across the UK co-ordinate their tests over the next 18 months. The funds from Advantage West Midlands are designed to give the CABLED consortium a head start on the project.
CABLED is led by vehicle design, infrastructure and energy specialist Arup and includes 13 other companies, including Jaguar/Land Rover, Mitsubishi and Smart.
The vehicles will include four electric models – the Mitsubishi i MiEV, Mercedes Benz’s Smart Fortwo, LTI’s TX4E taxi and the Tata Indica Vista EV. It will also include the hydrogen-powered Microcab and Land Rover’s Range_e hybrid vehicle.
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