Low Carbon Vehicle Event 2013 Internal Exhibition

The Low Carbon Vehicle Event (LCV), is

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

's premier low carbon vehicle event. It is held annually since 2008 at Millbrook Proving Ground at the beginning of September. The show consists of a technological exhibition, seminars sessions and Ride & Drive (of latest research and development and commercial available low emission vehicles) activities. LCV is a

business-to-business Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) is a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another. This typically occurs when: * A business is sourcing materials for their production process for output (e.g., a ...

free-to-attend event organised by

Cenex Cenex, the Low Carbon and Fuel Cells Centre of Excellence, is an independent non-profit research and consultancy that helps private and public sector organisations devise ULEV strategies. Founded in 2005, Cenex is headquartered in Loughborough, ...

and whose main aim is promoting the UK supply chain of the low carbon vehicle industry.

LCV history

The Low Carbon Vehicle Event has been organised annually from 2008 by

and supporting partners include: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, The Office for Low Emission Vehicles, The Department for International Trade, The Advanced Propulsion Centre, The Automotive Council UK,

Innovate UK Innovate UK is the United Kingdom's innovation agency, which provides money and support to organisations to make new products and services. It is a non-departmental public body operating at arm's length from the Government as part of the United ...

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) was announced by the UK Government in 2002 as an element of its Powering Future Vehicles Strategy. The purpose of the LowCVP is support reduction of carbon emissions from road transport in the UK with a cl ...

, Millbrook, The Society of Motor Manufacturers, and Transport Systems Catapult.

LCV 2016

The event attracts a range of customers (Automotive 53%, Energy & Infrastructure 8%, Government & Local Authority 7%, Academia 8%) and senior managers including those at board level 8%and middle management 7% LCV2016 set a new record attendance with 3,137 visitors, 226 exhibitors and 1180 organisations represented.

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