Autocar Next Gen

The Autocar-Courland Next Generation award seeks to find and nurture bright new talent for the automotive industry

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We thank our generous sponsors for their enormous contribution in helping young people find fulfilling careers in a wonderful industry.

We celebrate the winners once again and wish them all continued success. Congratulations all!

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The last of our Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award winners, Lewis Campbell, has finished his final work placement, bringing our decade-long careers competition to a very successful conclusion.

All of us at Autocar look back on Next Gen’s achievements with pleasure and pride

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Last but not least, Jaguar Land Rover.
Lewis found the experience awe-inspiring to take a real peak behind the automotive curtain. @JLRCareers @JLR_News

Watch the full video here: https://t.co/BqqKM0mImX

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“As you drive through the gate here, you really are driving into the heart of the automotive industry.”

That’s what Lewis Campbell, winner of @AutocarNextGen, told Autocar's Felix Page when he visited during Lewis' placement at HORIBA MIRA. Read more in today’s @autocar.

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Next Generation Award winner, Lewis Campbell has thoroughly enjoyed his month at Horiba Mira - watch how he got on @MIRAEngineering
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The Autocar team met up with Lewis whilst he was at the @ToyotaUK factory. Here's how he got on! https://t.co/Fy00WxaX4O

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Lewis Campbell spent his second placement at @Nissan where he learned valuable lessons in R&D...
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Lewis Campbell has kicked off his first placement at @McLarenAuto and has loved being part of a fast moving team! Watch how he got on... https://t.co/Jbz1Dz1Yrj

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Catch up with everything our 2017 winner Stephen did, during his six months of industry work experience https://t.co/qEmLvNLsWW.
Come back in May to see how our 2018 winner Lewis got on at his first placement.

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Find out more about all our finalists' ideas, how our last winner found the whole experience and see the 2018 winner announcement https://t.co/Zev6gMUuly

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A huge thank you to @JLR_News @MIRAEngineering @McLarenAuto @NissanUK @ToyotaGB @SMMT for their support of the Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award. Also, thanks to all our judges for giving the finalists so much of their time and advice.

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And we have our 10th winner. Huge congratulations to Lewis Campbell 2018 Autocar-Courland Next Generation winner. Congratulations also to runners up Rob and Daniel who we know are going to do great things. Read more about Lewis here https://t.co/bQHjNLXYdF

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At the 102nd @smmt annual dinner and getting to celebrate a decade of discovering new talent through the Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award

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Last but not least is Lewis Campbell who submitted a plan to prevent car cloning. A near-field communication chip fitted to a car communicates with a smartphone in close proximity. The smartphone scans information, via blockchain, which then goes to a central manufacturer server

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Second up is Daniel Wilcox, his idea stemmed from his everyday driving experience and his ambition to create ways to improve road safety.
His proposal is a double pulsating hazard light that ensures differentiation from an indicator.

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Our first finalist is Robert Cameron, who has proposed a system that would allow consumers to realistically compare their current car to one they are considering buying, producing data such as environmental impact and financial gains, translating it to terms the buyer understands

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Tonight we will be announcing the winner of the 2018 Autocar-Courland Next Generation award at 10pm during the @smmt Annual Dinner. Here are our finalists (L-R) Lewis Campbell, Robert Cameron, Daniel Wilcox

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The Autocar Courland Award judging day is always intense, fascinating and inspiring. Today's was no exception to that - great to see so much enthusiastic talent and entrepreneurial spirit.

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Stephen is over half way through his six months of work experience, we caught up with him towards the end of his month with Nissan. https://t.co/9UFiiArLnP

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Thank you to everyone who entered this years award. We are judging the entries now and finalists will be informed in the next few weeks.