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LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIPPromoting the shift to clean low carbon vehicles & fuels
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership
Launch Team
Professor Jim Skea
Konstanze Scharring
Brussels, 12 November 2002
OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION
What is LowCVP?
What are LowCVP’s aims?
Who is engaged in LowCVP?
How will LowCVP operate?
What is the launch timetable?
WHAT IS LowCVP?
The Partnership is a
new advisory and action body in the UK
Its mission is• to promote the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels• to maximise the potential for UK business to gain
competitive advantage from that shift
WHERE DOES LowCVP COME FROM?
POWERING FUTURE VEHICLES STRATEGY
Automotive Innovation Automotive Innovation and Growth Teamand Growth Team
WHAT ARE LOWCVP’S AIMS?
The Partnership’s aims are:
1. to encourage industries and other stakeholders
to engage proactively in the move to low-carbon
vehicles and fuels
WHAT ARE LOWCVP’S AIMS?
2. to provide a forum in which stakeholders can work
together in overcoming market barriers affecting the shift
to new vehicles and fuels
WHAT ARE LOWCVP’S AIMS?
3. to provide a forum for Government, industry and other
partners to liaise on upcoming policy developments and
regulatory issues
WHAT ARE LOWCVP’S AIMS?
4. to provide Government with independent input to and
feedback on the progress and effectiveness of the
Foresight Vehicle and other low-carbon RD&D
programmes.
LowCVP MEMBERSHIP
• Vehicle manufacturers and automotive supply chain
• After-sales sector• Transport operators• Those concerned with fuel supply and
infrastructure• Research bodies• Technology providers• Consumer and environmental
organisations• Investment community• Regulatory / planning bodies• Government as partner
HOW WILL LowCVP OPERATE?
High-level Board• Link to Ministerial Group on Low Carbon
Working groups / task forces• Time limited & focused on first year deliverables
Director with dedicated secretariat• Day-to-day running of LowCVP
KEY LowCVP TASKS
Policy & regulatory advice
R&D
Demonstration
Wider education and information
FIRST YEAR DELIVERABLES
Cars• 10% new cars ≤100g/km CO2 by 2012• Advice on “ultra low carbon” car target by 2020
Buses• 2012: 600 new buses 30% below average CO2 emissions
Supply Chain• Advice on low carbon manufacturing target
Single Portal for RD&D
Advice on better links between the Government's low carbon vehicle programmes
Centre of Automotive Excellence for Low Carbon Views on the AIGT recommendation of the creation of a Centre of Automotive Excellence and Development for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell technologies
When will it start to operate?
October/November 2002 Partnership Board formed in discussion with leaders of the stakeholder groups
October to December 2002 Active recruitment drive
Early 2003Partnership itself formally launched
Election of Partnership Chair
March 2003Launch team hands over to a dedicated secretariat
Contact us
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership Launch Team
100 Park Village East
London NW1 3SR
Tel.: 0044 20 7468 2219
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.lowcvp.org.uk
