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Ashwoods selected for government funded low ...  18/01/2012Back to top  

Low carbon vehicle specialist Ashwoods Automotive is the exclusive supplier into Phase Two of the Low Carbon Vehicle Procurement Programme, administered by OLEV, the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. It is the UK’s largest programme for low carbon commercial vehicles.   500 Ashwoods Hybrid Transits available Includes Panel vans, Dropsides, Tippers, Chassis cabs and other [...]

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Ashwoods secures a £2.6m funding deal to ...  13/12/2011Back to top  

 Low carbon technology company Ashwoods Automotive has secured £2.6 million of private equity funding in a deal that should see its headcount grow by 20 per cent. The Exeter-based business is seeking to grow its market share in the production of components for hybrid and electric vehicles. The investment, which has come from unnamed individuals with [...]

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Ashwoods takes second place to Jaguar Land ...  23/11/2011Back to top  

 Ashwoods is celebrating after coming runner up at SMMT’s second annual award designed to showcase the importance of R&D and the role the UK plays in developing global automotive products, beating off stiff competition from companies across the car, commercial vehicle and supply chain sectors.  Ralph Hosier, SMMT judge , engineer and motoring journalist  commenting [...]

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Innovation for Ashwoods at Western Morning ...  18/11/2011Back to top  

Ashwoods Hybrid Drive Sytem won the Innovation catagory at the first Western Morning News Business Awards. The prize was one of 14 handed out at an event at St Mellion International which celebrated the best businesses in the Westcountry. WMN editor Alan Qualtrough said, “The aim of our awards was to celebrate the Westcountry’s business [...]

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Ashwoods join Low Carbon Transport Champions ...  15/11/2011Back to top  

it’s so important that we recognise, through these awards, those British businesses that are building a low carbon vehicle industry in this country, helping to put the UK at the very forefront of this next technological revolution

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Ashwoods ranks in top 25 Clean Technology ...  11/11/2011Back to top  

Ashwoods Automotive in Cleantech Connect 2011 Top 25 League Tables

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Hybrid technology takes three IET Innovation ...  10/11/2011Back to top  

Ashwoods Automotive scoop three prestigious IET Innovation awards in the Power / Energy, Sustainability and Transport categories

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Ashwoods selected for Venturefest South West ...  28/10/2011Back to top  

Ashwoods competed to demonstrate their new technology business idea against businesses and entrepreneurs from across the UK for a place in the Innovation Showcase at Venturefest Bristol 2011. The successful business idea is a complete range of high performance, low cost EV and hybrid technologies.   “We are delighted to have been selected for Venturefest [...]

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Ashwoods shortlisted for eleven automotive ...  28/09/2011Back to top  

  Exeter based Ashwoods Automotive has been successfully shortlisted for eight prestigious awards for the Ashwoods Hybrid Drive. Getting shortlisted for a chance at the main awards is a testament to Ashwoods reputation as one of the UK’s most innovative automotive development houses.   The calibre of entrants has been very high this year with [...]

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About EcoDrive+ and Hybrid  22/09/2011Back to top  

Here’s a utube video of Operations Director Martin Kadhim exaplaining our fuel saving technologies… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO5RyFfqTLk&feature=related Read the full story About EcoDrive+ and Hybrid at our blog

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