Future Pathway UK: Advanced R&D and Process Development for Integrated eDrive Manufacture

英国未来之路是由GKN汽车创新中心和诺丁汉大学合作进行的一项行业主导的可行性研究。该可行性研究的目的是评估英国制造的电力驱动和电力电子产品在全球大众市场应用的可行性，并为潜在的工业企业提供具有全球竞争力的投资案例。该研究将基于技术，设计和制造过程的蓝图，这将使具有成本效益，高效，耐用和安全的机器能够在英国从利基到全球范围内开发和制造。全球大规模采用电力驱动，大大减少了街道水平的有毒排放，但系统的高成本阻碍了人类的利益。通过使用xEV汽车产生的二氧化碳减少量被其制造过程中嵌入的高水平二氧化碳所抵消。对于SUV纯电动汽车来说，制造所消耗的能源是煤炭，即使按照目前的欧洲电力组合，这可能需要汽车的寿命来恢复抵消，这可能超过50，000公里。GKN Automotive是开发和供应（P4）轴装eDrive的全球领导者。他们已经为世界各地的汽车制造商提供了超过100万辆汽车;宝马，沃尔沃，标致，保时捷，FCA，捷豹路虎和伦敦出租车。他们将领导并提供关键的设计参数。UoN将从一开始就应用生命周期分析（LCA）方法，研究英国，欧盟和中国的设计，工艺和制造对总嵌入式二氧化碳的影响。Belcan是汽车行业供应链开发的专家，将对潜在技术进行技术经济分析，并了解灵活性、成本二氧化碳和性能。Belcan还将研究英国供应链的可用性，以支持批量EDU制造。结合LCA和TEA将有助于配置一个最佳系统，从而实现从50 - 250 kW的灵活和可扩展的eDrive制造，涵盖当前水平的混合动力汽车到性能BEV。EDU旨在最大限度地减少嵌入式温室气体和易于回收，同时具有全球成本竞争力。我们的目标是充分了解机会和风险缓解措施，这将使英国成为具有成本竞争力的国家选择，以扩大灵活和可扩展的EDU制造。这将最终保障就业，锁定英国的创新，增加GDP，支持英国的净零二氧化碳目标，并确保英国在竞争中处于领先地位。

Future Pathway UK, is a collaborative, industry-led feasibility study between GKN Automotive Innovation Centre, Belcan and the University of Nottingham.The purpose of this feasibility study is to assess the viability of UK manufacture of electric drive and power electronics for global mass-market applications and recommend the pathway to achieve a globally competitive investment case for prospective Industrials. The study will be based upon a blueprint for the technology, design and manufacturing process that will enable cost-effective, efficient, durable and safe machines to be developed and manufactured from Niche to Global scale in the UK.Global mass adoption of electric drive, with the human benefits of vastly reduced street-level toxic emission, is being hampered by the high cost of the systems. The reduction in CO2 produced by utilising xEV cars is offset by the high level of CO2 embedded in their manufacture. For an SUV BEV, where the energy consumed for manufacturing is coal-powered, it could take the life of the car to recover the offset, even on a current European electricity mix this can be over 50,000km.GKN Automotive is the world leader in developing and supplying (P4) Axle-mounted eDrive. They have supplied over 1 million units to the world's global carmakers; BMW, Volvo, Peugeot, Porsche, FCA, JLR and London Taxi. They will lead and provide the critical design parameters.UoN will apply Life-Cycle-Analysis (LCA) methodology from the outset, studying the impact of design, process and manufacture in the UK, EU and China on total embedded CO2\.Belcan, a specialist in supply chain development for the automotive industry, will apply techno-economic analysis against potential technologies and provide an understanding of the commercial trade-off between flexibility, cost, embedded CO2 and performance. Belcan will also examine the UK supply chain availability to support volume EDU manufacture.Combining LCA and TEA will help to configure an optimal system enabling flexible and scaleable manufacture of eDrives from 50 -- 250kW covering current level hybrid vehicles through to performance BEV. With EDU designed to minimise embedded GHG and ease of recycling, whilst being globally cost-competitive.The goal is to understand the opportunities and risk mitigations fully, that would make the UK a cost-competitive country option for the expansion of flexible and scalable EDU manufacture. This will ultimately safeguard jobs, lock UK innovation, increase GDP, support the UK's net-zero CO2 ambitions and ensure the UK is ahead of the competition.