The CABLED (Coventry and Birmingham Low Emission Demonstrators) project has scooped the automotive category prize at the prestigious Technology and Innovation Awards 2011, run by The Engineer.
The largest of eight public trials taking part in the Technology Strategy Board’s £25m Ultra Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator programme, CABLED brings together six vehicle manufacturers, two city councils, three universities, one electricity supplier and Arup as project managers to deliver the three year project trialling 110 electric vehicles on the streets of Birmingham and Coventry.
Sucessful electric vehicle (EV) deployment needs absolute compatibility between the cars and the charging infrastructure. This requires close cooperation between organisations that have not historically needed to work together. The CABLED project offers a seamless experience for the EV driver, as will be required if EVs are to be successful in the future.
The Engineer Technology and Innovation Awards, now in their fifth year, recognise collaboration as the catalyst for innovation and by awarding this prize to the CABLED project, acknowledge the successful collaboration of all consortium members.
Neil Butcher and Christina Fell from co-ordinating CABLED partner Arup collected the award at the ceremony at The Royal Society in London.
“The judges were impressed with the degree of collaboration between organisations from different industrial sectors, and that the project was already making an impact and raising awareness of low carbon vehicles to the general public.
The judges were impressed with the degree of collaboration between organisations from different industrial sectors, and that the project was already making an impact and raising awareness of low carbon vehicles to the general public.
- Neil Butcher, Arup
The CABLED project places EVs in the hand of real users for an extended period of time. Qualitative and quantitative data gathered from CABLED and the other seven projects in the Technology Strategy Board programme will be used to inform the development of a strategy for electric vehicle deployment in the UK.
Visit the CABLED website to learn more about the project and consortium partners.