Automotive

The automotive industry in the UK & Ireland spans a wide array of businesses, ranging from major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) corporations to specialised vehicle workshops. This sector involves everything from designing, developing, and manufacturing vehicles and their parts, to making modifications. With a deep-rooted heritage and a robust standing for pioneering advancements and excellence, this industry has played a substantial role in bolstering the UK & Irish economy – housing distinguished automotive manufacturers, research establishments, and engineering enterprises. This sector is dedicated to forefront technologies like electric and self-driving cars, while also giving prominence to sustainability and lessening ecological impact. These aspects offer significant topics for exploration when considering a potential R&D claim

What Qualifies?

Numerous aspects within the field of Automotive Engineering present opportunities for potential eligibility for R&D Tax Relief. This encompasses a broad spectrum, including but not confined to, expanding industry knowledge by investigating power and energy efficiencies, devising novel systems for enhanced vehicle performance, undertaking non-trivial enhancements to existing components or systems, and even reconfiguring current components in fundamentally innovative ways

Project Examples

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Modifying Components

In a specific project, our client embarked on a project focused on the overhaul of a vehicle's components. The primary objective behind these modifications was to elevate the performance and component longevity of a traditional vehicle. Simultaneously, the project aimed to enhance fuel efficiency to meet Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) compliance standards.

2

Process Improvements

An OEM client undertook a project to appreciably improve internal manufacturing and assembly processes essential for vehicle assembly. The delivery team endeavoured to refine their internal processes, aiming to enhance manufacturing precision and institute quality control measures that would lead to a reduction in the number of defective components leaving their warehouse.

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Weight Saving

A client also achieved a significant reduction in the physical weight of a critical system intended for integration into a vintage sports car. Through exhaustive material exploration, analysis of stress concentrations, and computational modelling techniques, the team developed a novel system concept design previously unprecedented in road-legal vehicles.

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