The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $19.4 million investment in advanced vehicle technologies
The money is spread across 22 new projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems.
Selected projects include “seedling” projects aimed at innovative battery materials and approaches that complements research to more than double the specific energy (to 500 watt-hours per kilogram) of lithium battery technologies.
These projects enable smaller, safer, lighter weight, and less expensive battery packs that ultimately will make electric vehicles more affordable.
The Department of Army will contribute an additional $1 million through the Advanced Vehicle Power Technology Alliance to support these projects.
Three Energy Efficient Mobility Systems projects will conduct research that evaluates energy savings benefits from connected and automated vehicles.
It is hoped this will lead to the creation of new software, controls, and technologies that use connectivity and automation to improve vehicle efficiency, a novel research vehicle testbed to evaluate connected and automated technologies, and analyze the system-wide energy opportunities available through connectivity and automation combined with shared mobility.
Finally two Integrated Computation Materials Engineering (ICME) and Novel Emission Control Strategy projects research, develop and use integrated computation materials engineering (ICME) techniques to develop low cost carbon fiber from a variety of feedstocks and precursors.
The end goal is to make carbon fiber with less energy and lower cost.
An additional two projects will research and develop novel emission control strategies for advanced combustion engines.
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