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皇冠体育app Department for International Trade (DIT) will support some of the UK鈥檚 most innovative automotive businesses to exhibit for the first time at the Frankfurt Motor Show, taking place from the 10 to 15 September.

In the 鈥楴ew Mobility World鈥� hall, UK companies will showcase new emission-free and sustainable technologies, ranging from Oxbotica鈥檚 parking software and the electric Swifty Scooter, to the London EV Company Limited鈥檚 iconic, electric black cabs.

With more than 拢2bn invested by the UK Government in the automotive industry, the UK offers the ideal place to develop and manufacture future generations of electrified, low-carbon, lightweight and connected vehicles.

Other UK companies attending the show include, AMPLYFI, AVID Technology, AppyParking, EXEROS Technologies, Global Design Solutions (GDS), Gordon Murray Design, McLaren Applied Technologies and Reflexal.

Graham Stuart, Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade said:

We鈥檙e proud of the UK鈥檚 cutting edge automotive supply chain and its contribution to more sustainable transport, not only in Europe, but across the world.

We are already home to Nissan鈥檚 volume battery factory for electric vehicles in Sunderland 鈥� the first in Europe, and Toyota鈥檚 European centre for the production of Hybrid Powertrains, while the Jaguar I-Pace was the first electric car designed in Europe.

We believe collaboration and partnership are essential to meeting our common transport challenges and are delighted to bring UK and German expertise together.

We continue to work with partners around the world as the industry embarks on the transition to a zero-emission, connected and autonomous future.

DIT will be hosting a reception with up to 120 senior automotive executives from around the world.

皇冠体育app UK boasts an advanced market for automotive manufacture and is one of the leading locations for the testing of self-driving cars. It was also the first to create a legal framework for the use of autonomous cars on all UK roads and to issue regulations for the insurance of these vehicles. 皇冠体育app UK is also home to the world鈥檚 largest motorsport cluster 鈥� representing 6 of the 10 Formula One teams.

皇冠体育app UK and Germany are long-standing trade and investment partners with bilateral trade accounting for more than 拢130bn in 2018. 皇冠体育app UK remains the number one investment destination in Europe and of the total 拢573bn invested in the UK by the EU, Germany accounts for 拢63bn. In turn, the UK has invested FDI stock of 拢23bn in Germany. Together UK and German companies employ over 1m people across both countries.