NAA Member News: Jaguar Land Rover and Sigmatex win funding for lightweighting projects < News | Northern Automotive Alliance : Northern Automotive Alliance
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Jointly valued at \xa345 million, including the grant funding through the APC, the projects aim to create or safeguard around 1,500 UK jobs, as well as save 2.5 million tonnes of CO2.Jaguar Land Rovers Project, Tucana, brings together a consortium of world-leading academic and industry partners with the aim of delivering stiffer and lighter vehicle structures, to boost the performance of electrified vehicles. Project Tucana will deliver this vision by developing world-leading cost effective, scalable carbon fibre composite solutions. In total, the projects will help to save 39.7 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent to 2.2 million cars off the road and to create or safeguard nearly 24,000 UK jobs.Professor Dr. Gero Kempf, Chief Engineer, Jaguar Land Rover said, With the grant awarded to Project Tucana, we can take an industry leading role in the development of next generation technologies specifically, lightweight body structures. Together with industry experts and academia we will collaboratively deliver innovative carbon fibre solutions, achieving a performance that will further enhance driver experience for future premium electric vehicles.Scott Tolson, Chief Executive of Sigmatex, said: This project will enable us to tackle one of the biggest barriers to greater adoption of lightweight composite materials in the automotive sector cost. By doing so we expect to make a significant impact on emissions, achieve greater fuel efficiency in vehicles and, most importantly, generate and safeguard many jobs for the long-term in the UK.