BAC Climate Statement

Our Role in the Climate Transition

Briggs Automotive Company addresses climate challenges through what we do best: advanced engineering. As a niche manufacturer of bespoke, made-to-order vehicles, we serve as a technology incubator and proving ground for materials and powertrains that scale across automotive, aerospace, and industrial applications.

Advanced Materials Innovation

Through our decade-long partnership with the University of Manchester's National Graphene Institute, BAC became the first production vehicle globally to incorporate graphene-enhanced carbon fibre across all body panels. Mono's 44 graphene-enhanced carbon composite panels achieve structural properties requiring 20% fewer carbon fibre sheets while increasing strength, demonstrating scalable lightweighting principles with applications across transport sectors including aviation and space exploration.

Our materials research extends beyond graphene. In partnership with CBMM and with UK Office for Low Emission Vehicles funding through the Niche Vehicle Network, we proved niobium-enhanced high-strength steel delivers an 18% weight reduction in chassis structures — exceeding our 15% target while improving strength and safety. Niobium's exceptional strength-to-weight properties enable significant structural performance with minimal alloying quantities (0.05-0.15%), reducing overall material requirements. This approach has applications across aerospace, architecture, and energy sectors where we help validate viability for broader adoption.

Zero-Emission Powertrain Research

With hydrogen powertrain engineers Viritech and Office for Zero Emission Vehicles funding, we completed a feasibility study creating the e-Mono concept—a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle maintaining our lightweight philosophy. The concept combines a 265 bhp battery with a 107 bhp fuel cell and all-wheel drive, achieving 371 bhp total output. Digital twin simulations demonstrated the e-Mono lapping Silverstone two seconds faster than our ICE-powered Mono R (2:04.23 vs 2:06.30) while achieving 166 miles WLTP range with capability for 10 fast laps between refuelling.

Critically, we proved fuel cell powertrains meet the performance requirements of the most driver-focused, lightweight supercar without changes to the vehicle's ultra-compact footprint, validating the technology's viability for high-performance applications.

BAC has validated the Mono powertrain for compatibility with advanced synthetic fuels, including e-fuels produced through renewable power-to-liquid processes. As motorsport transitions towards sustainable fuels, with Formula 1 mandating 100% sustainable fuel by 2026, BAC vehicles are positioned to benefit from carbon-neutral operation as these technologies reach commercial scale.

Digital Development: Reducing Physical Prototyping

Through our Digital Twin Development Accelerator (DTDA), funded in part by Innovate UK, we integrate digital twin simulation with computer-aided design, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, and multi-body physics simulation into a single development suite. This advanced driver-in-the-loop simulator technology dramatically reduces project timelines by eliminating multiple real-world prototypes and validation mules, significantly reducing material consumption and waste during R&D.

The digital twin technology directly supports our exploration into high-performance net-zero futures across fuel cell electric vehicles, battery electric vehicles, and synthetic fuels, while decreasing reliance on resource-intensive physical prototyping.

Sustainable Manufacturing Practices

We source 95% of our 1,250 components from UK suppliers, with 45% from Liverpool and North West companies, supporting local manufacturing capabilities. Our made-to-order, artisanal manufacturing eliminates overproduction waste, while additive manufacturing processes minimise material waste during production. Each vehicle is bespoke and built to exacting customer specifications, maximising product longevity.

Our Approach

We recognise our role as a technology demonstrator—proving concepts and paving the way for revolutionary technologies to scale into higher-volume production. Within the niche supercar sector, we demonstrate that extreme performance and material efficiency are complementary, not contradictory.

The technologies we validate and knowledge we share with academic and industry partners accelerate adoption of lightweighting and alternative powertrain technologies both within high-performance automotive and across aerospace and advanced manufacturing sectors. We continue exploring pathways towards net-zero mobility through materials science, powertrain research, and advanced manufacturing techniques, working in partnership with leading universities, government innovation programmes, and industry specialists.