The LowCVP Technology Challenge

Low Carbon Technologies for HGVs

Entry Form

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership is seeking innovative products and technologies to improve the efficiency, reduce the losses or reduce the energy consumption, and ultimately lower the CO2 emissions, from Heavy Goods Vehicles.

Please use this form to provide details on your product or technology. Your completed entry form should be emailed to before the deadline.

Entry Criteria

You should have a viable product or technology offer and be able to justify CO2 savings as well as a compelling businesses case. Your product or technology needs to be:

  • applicable to vehicles of 7.5 tonnes and above;
  • on-vehicle, and;
  • compatible with existing or planned infrastructure.
  • able to be commercialised in around 3 years

It should also comply with current or planned legislation and not adversely affect other regulated emissions. The LowCVP Technology Challenge is open to all UK organisations.

Queries

If you have any queries please contact Roy Williamson, Programme Manager at LowCVP;

, 0203 178 7864, Download e-Business Card

Confidentiality

The LowCVP Technology Challenge is not run under a non-disclosure agreement. Information provided will only be used for the purposes of the competition but is your responsibility to manage any intellectual property relating to your product or technology.

Timescale

Competition open 14th July

Competition closes 17thSeptember

Assessments and SelectionOctober

Winner WorkshopNovember

Winners’ Presentations EventDecember

Assessment and Selection

Entries received before the deadline will be assessed by a panel chosen for their knowledge and experience as relevant to the competition. Assessors will review your entry and use a sliding scale to score your entry based on its potential and justification of its potential. Typical aspects assessors will consider are below.

Technical Feasibility / Is it technically feasible without major assumptions? Are there major breakthroughs required or proposed? Are these likely? Does the technology build on previous research and development? Is there dependence on external innovations or breakthroughs? Does the technology require a completely new platform to be developed? How proven is the technology?
Carbon saving potential / What is the potential for CO2 reduction relative to current technology and in absolute terms? Is the technology generic or easily scalable or is it specific to a particular vehicles size or class? Is there potential for quick and widespread adoption? How robust is the estimated CO2 saving?. Have relevant studies, targets, research papers been used? Are any assumptions credible?
Market Demand / Is the target market well defined and valid? Have appropriate drivers such as emissions legislation been considered? Is there a valid rationale for the target market to adopt the technology in preference to possible alternatives? Is a radical market shift needed and are there any negative perceptions? Are there major assumptions proposed in making the technology viable or are there overly optimistic or very forward looking timescales?
Compatibility / To what extent have integration and interfaces with legacy vehicle systems been considered? What degree of change is required to the existing vehicle architecture? Has compatibility with existing supply chainsor business models been considered? To what degree would it affect existing end-user behaviour patterns? Have implications to vehicle warranties been considered or addressed? Does the technology affect the vehicle in other ways or affect other regulated emissions performance?
Sustainability / To what extent is sustainability positively affected? Have any adverse environmental or commercial impact been identified and mitigated? Have production and end-of-life scenarios and resources been considered?
Economic Viability / How well presented and compelling is the economic argument. Have estimated costs and timescales been well considered? Does the business model make sense? To what degree have capital, operation and lifecycle costs been considered?
Capability and Risks / Has appropriate action been taken towards commercialising the technology? Does the technology build on prior art or experience. Has IP been identified and managed? Are there related previous successes such as funding or other awards? Does the applicant’s team have suitable business experience, or have sources of experience or support been identified or secured? Have potential risks been identified and mitigated?
Capacity and Route to Market / Has a viable route to market introduction been identified? Could the applicant respond to any strong interest in taking the technology forward to demonstration or to the market? Has scalability for unit mass manufacture been considered?
Value of the LowCVP Technology Challenge / What difference would winning the LowCVP Technology Challenge make to the applicant? Could the applicant easily propose their technology directly to potential customers without winning the LowCVP Technology Challenge?

Useful Resources

The following resources are just a few that may be useful to your application:

  • RHA Carbon footprint explained
  • FreightBestPractice Monitoring and Understanding CO2 Emissions from Road Freight Operations
  • DfT Review of low carbon technologies for heavy goods vehicles
  • DECC/Ofgem Energy Markets Outlook

Organisation Details

1) Please enter your organisation’s name and describe its primary activity.
Organisation Name
Primary Activity
2) Please advise who to contact regarding this entry.
Name
Position
Address
Postcode
Email
Tel.
Mobile.
3) Please details how your technologywill reduce CO2emissions from HGVs.
If possible include an estimate of how much CO2your technology could save together with justification or referenced studies or similar.In defining your technology you may wish to consider aspects of functionality, performance, durability, lifecycle cost or environmental impact. Further, will
4) Please define how proven your product or technology is. You may wish to include patent references, simulated or real testing activities, independent validation, field experience etc. If appropriate please mention any public or private funding secured, commercial backing or interest or other support of the technology.
5) Please outline your strategy to take the product or technology to the market.This might cover your business model, current or sought partners, point of market entry, route to manufacture as well as risks involved and how you intend to address them. You might also consider any potential for wider applicability of the product to other vehicle sizes/classes.
6) Please describe how your product or technologywill affect customers as well others that may come into contact with it.You may consider how the technology will affect a vehicle’s warranty as well as ongoing operations or maintenance. Does the technology affect the vehicle in other ways or affect other regulated emissions performance?You might also consider effects upon existing supply chains and known strategic directions as well as wider effects such as use of and access to infrastructure and highways.
7) What motivated you to apply to the LowCVP Technology Challenge and what do you hope to gain from it?
8) Please insert a relevant image of the product or technology in the remainder of this page. This may be useful in explain its details or functions and to reference in your entry.

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9) Please provide any further information to support your entry.For example relevant experience of people involved; benefits to the UK, broader market or sectoral opportunities etc.
10) Declaration
Please tick the box below to confirm that you have the authority to submit this entry and that information provided is true and accurate to the best of your knowledge and belief..

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