Many of the world's major car, commercial vehicle and public service vehicle manufacturers will join a record number of technology and infrastructure businesses showcasing products at LCV2011 on September 7 and 8.

Brands including Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover, Iveco and Mercedes-Benz have confirmed they will exhibit at LCV2011, which combines a business-to-business conference, exhibition and ride-and-drive experience.

LCV2011 takes place at Rockingham Race Circuit in Northamptonshire and is hosted by Cenex, the Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell technologies.

Alongside a range of vehicles available for delegates to experience on the ride-and-drive course - from hybrids and highly advanced internal combustion powered vehicles, to those powered by batteries and hydrogen fuel cells - there will be a busy conference programme, which will be opened by Mark Prisk, minister for business and enterprise.

The preliminary speaker line-up includes: Lord Paul Drayson, former minister for science and innovation and now managing partner in Drayson Racing Technologies LLP; Iain Gray, chief executive, Technology Strategy Board; Jerry Hardcastle, chair of the Technology Group of the Automotive Council; and Michael Hurwitz, director, Office of Low Emission Vehicles.

The exhibition space at LCV2011, which has been extended by an extra 40% due to unprecedented demand, will feature more than 87 of UK's leading technology and solutions providers, whose innovations are at the heart of low carbon vehicles and their supporting infrastructure.

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB), which supports UK innovation, is a major partner in LCV2011.

As well as hosting its own exhibition arena at the event, the TSB will use LCV2011 to publish data from the first three months of the world's largest low carbon vehicle trial.

The study is monitoring 329 electric and low carbon cars of all types - from vans to luxury sports cars - on UK roads as part of the TSB's Ultra Low Carbon vehicle Demonstrator programme, launched in 2009.

For exhibitor and delegate enquiries, please visit www.lcv2011.co.uk.
 

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