The inaugural Future Truck Design Awards winners have been revealed at the CV Show.
TfL’s competition, open to students across the UK, asked entrants to help shape future urban delivery vehicles, incorporating safety, efficiency and clean technology.
“We’ve been overwhelmed by the quality, originality and innovation of the entries,” said Ian Wainwright, head of TfL’s freight and fleet team.
“The awards have generated ideas that challenge the traditional look of the HGV, inform future vehicle design and accelerate the process of building trucks for safe, urban use,” he added.
Andy Salter, MD at Road Transport Media and judging panel chairman, said: “Many of the innovations are futuristic in nature but can easily be envisaged as genuine HGV design in just a few years’ time.”
The winners:
Whole Vehicle Design,16-18 years – One Engineering, Suffolk One
Whole Vehicle Design, Undergraduates – Ruari Kirwan-Taylor
Whole Vehicle Design,Postgraduates – Po Yuan Huang and Jing Tian Li
System of Operation – James Ayre
Safety Feature Innovation – Sam Philpott and Kalle Keituri