1. LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH TEAM Professor Jim Skea Konstanze Scharring SMMT 16 September 2002

2. OVERVIEW OF PRESENTATION What is the LowCVP? What are the LowCVP’s aims? How will the LowCVP work? Who needs to be engaged? What is the launch timetable? Consultation of potential members

3. WHAT IS THE LowCVP? The Partnership is a new advisory and action body Its mission is  to promote the shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels  to maximise the potential for UK business to gain competitive advantage from that shift

4. WHERE DOES LowCVP COME FROM? POWERING FUTURE VEHICLES STRATEGY Automotive Innovation and Growth Team

5. WHAT ARE THE LowCVP’s AIMS? ENGAGEMENT COLLABORATION ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT MEASUREMENT & FEEDBACK

6. LowCVP AIMS 1 ENGAGEMENT “to encourage industry and others to engage pro-actively in the move to low- carbon vehicles and fuels”

7. LowCVP AIMS 2 COLLABORATION: “to provide a forum in which stakeholders can work together in overcoming market barriers affecting the shift to low carbon”

8. LowCVP AIMS 3 ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT: “to provide a forum for Government, industry and others to liaise on upcoming policy developments and regulatory issues”

9. LowCVP AIMS 4 MEASUREMENT & FEEDBACK: “to provide independent input and feedback to Government on the progress and effectiveness of its programmes”

10. HOW WILL THE LowCVP WORK? BOARD with elected chair WORKING GROUPS & TASK FORCES SECRETARIAT Outcome oriented workplan Well-resourced secretariat Capacity to conduct research Close links to Government…

11. LINKS WITH GOVERNMENT Independent of Government, but … Officials participate in meetings Reports to and meets with Inter-ministerial Group on Low Carbon Vehicles and Fuels (DfT/DTI/DEFRA/HMT) Liaises formally (and informally) with official level working group

12. LowCVP TASKS Policy & regulatory advice R&D Demonstration Wider education and information

13. SOME IMMEDIATE TASKS Advice on targets ultra low carbon cars by 2020 manufacturing & supply chain Advice on programmes better links between the Government's low carbon vehicle programmes Centre of Automotive Excellence and Development help on the AIGT recommendation for the creation of a Centre of Automotive Excellence and Development to work on Low Carbon and Fuel Cell technologies

14. WHO NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED? All organisations with a stake in the move to low-carbon vehicles & fuels Automotive industries Fuel and energy industries Motoring and consumer interest groups Transport operators Environmental groups Finance and invest- ment community Local government R&D and academic community Energy Saving Trust and Carbon Trust

15. BENEFITS OF ENGAGEMENT PARTICIPATION in shift to low carbon ACCESS to information and debate COLLABORATION with partners SHAPING ADVICE to Government DEVELOPING A SHARED AGENDA

16. LAUNCH TIMETABLE Phase I August – October 2002  Scoping the partnership  Recruiting a Partnership Board Phase II October – December 2002  Recruiting membership  Partnership launch Phase III January – March 2003  Elect Partnership chair  First meeting  Set up secretariat

17. QUESTIONS

18. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS MISSION ORGANISATION PRIORITIES

19. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS PARTNERSHIP MISSION Promoting the shift to low carbon vehicles OR Helping people to engage in the shift as it takes place? Balancing priorities: Carbon reduction AND Competitive advantage?

20. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS PRIORITIES What are the priorities? Balancing Policy advice R&D Demonstration Education / Information

21. CONSULTING POTENTIAL MEMBERS OPERATION an effective Board / Chair working groups / task forces well-resourced secretariat links to Government communication

22. CONTACT US LOW CARBON VEHICLE PARTNERSHIP Launch Team 100 Park Village East London NW1 3SR lowcvp@psi.org.uk Tel.: 020 7468 2219