UK launches electric city car project

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- The UK government has matched £4.5 million (euro 10 million) in funding for an electric city car. Named collaborators include Michelin and MIRA

The development of the T.27, the brain child of Gordon Murray Design and Zytek Automotive Technology, has been made possible through a £4.5m investment from the government-backed Technology Strategy Board. With a total cost of £9m, a new research and development project will allow the consortium to develop four prototypes of the vehicle by February 2011.

The aim of the 16 month project is to develop prototypes that will put the consortium in the position where they can further explore the possibility of scaling up and building a manufacturing facility, with the ultimate goal of making this affordable, fun and environmentally friendly car widely available on the open market.

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Press release from UK government