New electric vehicle testing set to start

Aexeon the battery manufacturer has received around £1 million in funding from the UK Technology Strategy Board in an effort to increase technological advancements in plug-in electrical vehicles (PHEVs). Also taking part in the plans to increase technology for electric vehicles is the University of St Andrews, which specialises in energy materials, Nexeon Limited developers of silicon anodes specifically for batteries and finally Ricardo, a firm dedicated to engineering advancements in the transport industry.

Together these companies will raise a £2 million project in the hope that future vehicles will run on cheaper batteries with a longer and more powerful energy output. The project aims to take laboratory tests and introduce them into vehicles for real-time testing and analysis.

Although several companies will be working on this new idea they do not expect any prototypes to be ready for production for at least another 2 years. They hope that from the research and testing not only will they have a battery ready for everyday use but also an increased knowledge on how we can further increase advancements in electric transport.

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