Completed Clean Energy

Breathe

Funder InnovateUK (part of UKRI)
Recipient organisation Jaguar Land Rover Limited
Funding £8.4M
Period Jan 2017 — Jan 2020

In plain English

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Jaguar Land Rover’s next-generation petrol engines will emit 16.5% less CO₂, thanks to a package of innovations from UK suppliers. This matters because petrol engines will remain the dominant propulsion system for many years, especially in developing countries where electric vehicle infrastructure is still being built. Cutting emissions from existing petrol technology is a practical, near-term way to reduce transport emissions while the world transitions to electric vehicles. If the project succeeds, the innovations will be built into JLR’s production engines, with a minimum 10-year manufacturing lifespan. The package is designed so that individual improvements—none sufficient alone—work together to deliver environmental gains without sacrificing engine performance. Beyond JLR, the partners can sell the technologies to other carmakers, drawing inward investment into the UK’s supply chain. The project is expected to create and protect 713 direct jobs and 3,294 indirect jobs in engineering, manufacturing, and production, while embedding new skills in the UK’s automotive supply base.

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Breathe is a package of collaborative innovation, predominantly led by suppliers, which will reduce emissions of CO2 by 16.5% for Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR) next-generation petrol engines. Reducing emissions from petrol engines is vital to reducing overall transport emissions: petrol will remain predominant in propulsion systems for many years (allowing time to establish the global infrastructure necessary for electric vehicles, especially in developing countries). JLR provides integration capability and a route to market for all the technologies: partners can pursue interest from other OEMs to exploit further. Each innovation alone does not deliver sufficient improvement to justify the extra investment and risk but, collectively, with backing from JLR and with Government support, they: constitute a package of innovation that can deliver environmental gain without prejudicing performance, draw inward investment into the UK's supply chain, develop technologies with a minimum 10-year expected manufacturing life span, embed new skills into the UK's supply chain, and create and protect 713 direct (3,294 indirect) UK jobs in engineering, manufacturing and production.

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Collaborative R&D

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