The growing concerns of global warming and the depleting non-renewable natural resources such as fossil fuels have brought to fore technologies in the Low Carbon Vehicles area. 

Sustainable manufacturing technologies have resulted in reviewing bio-materials for use in road transport. However, swapping traditional manufacturing techniques and materials (metals) with bio-composites has complications. 

We are leading this transition in vehicle transport through state-of-the-art research in the area of bio-sourced composites to be used in structural applications in vehicles, e.g. body-in-white. We are also involved in projects dealing with all aspects of lifecycle of low carbon material technologies, from organic polymer synthesis to safety and health hazards regulations pertaining to the use of nano-composites.

We have considerable experience with working with industry, ranging from Formula 1 teams to low volume manufacturers.

Research partners include EPSRC, FP7 – European Union and TSB. Business partners include Aston Martin, Caterham, Ginetta, Mercedes AMG Petronas, McLaren F1, Redbull Racing, Renault F1, Suilven Racing, Tiger Racing and Williams F1.

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