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OakTec bio-gas engine concept wins Energy Catalyst funding
An award-winning engine invention developed by Lancashire-based innovation company OakTec has won UK government funding to develop the concept to generate electricity from bio-waste OakTec has won a £214,000 grant from the new Energy Catalyst initiative run by Innovate UK to design a new version of its highly successful Pulse-R™ prototype that will produce efficient […]
OakTec crowned champion in search for UK’s most promising low carbon business idea
Lancaster-based business OakTec has been crowned national winner of the 2014 Shell Springboard programme. Paul Andrews has developed a new small gas engine for burning any conventional fuel or biofuel efficiently OakTec was a regional finalist in last year’s Shell Springboard, and has since proved the technology in a working prototype. Paul Andrews plans to […]
Pulse-R™ in Autocar: Self-supercharging engine in development
An engine with the ability to self-supercharge, rather than using a separate compressor, is in development. A new British-designed and engineered one-cylinder engine has the ability to “self supercharge” without any external forced induction, improving performance and reducing CO2 emissions in the process. The 400cc engine is the work of OakTec’s Paul Andrews, and he […]
OakTec Hybrid Rally Car on The BBC One Show
OakTec’s 100mpg Honda Insight Hybrid Rally Car featured on The BBC One Show after getting banned for being too fast! Watch the video:
OakTec achieves 103mpg in RAC Future Car Challenge in BMW 116D ED
Paul Andrews from OakTec drove a BMW 116d EfficientDynamics in the RAC Future Car Challenge 2012 and achieved 103mpg over the 64-mile Brighton to London route, winning the Internal Combustion Engine class. The team consisted of Paul Andrews and Paul Clarke, who shared the driving. Between them, they have won 9 eco-driving events and 24 […]
Another Win for OakTec Honda Hybrid
The OakTec Honda Hybrid rally season got underway at Sunday’s Roskirk Stages and it was pretty much business as usual as the Lancaster-based team scored another Formula 1000 Class A victory. The unique petrol electric hybrid is now in its fourth year of competitive motorsport and recorded its eighth class win from the last 10 […]