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SuperTruck 3

ID: DE-FOA-0002450 • Type: Posted

Description

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funds a broad portfolio of research, development, demonstration, and deployment projects to develop affordable, efficient and clean transportation options to tackle the climate crisis and accelerate the development and widespread use of a variety of innovative transportation technologies. The Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) is focused on enabling large scale hydrogen production, delivery, storage, and use across applications and sectors, including medium and heavy-duty transportation. The purpose of this announcement is to seek proposals to increase the efficiency of freight transport systems beyond current operations and solutions using one or more vehicles in classes 4 through 8. The objective of the project is to achieve a system-level greenhouse gas reduction of at least 75% by improving the efficiency of the vehicle(s) and the freight system while reducing total cost of operation and improving vehicle performance and reliability.

Link to Additional Information: https://epicweb.ee.doe.gov. Please note that EERE is moving all applications to this announcement to EERE Exchange: https://eere-exchange.energy.gov/Default.aspx. The announcement is anticipated to be available in EERE Exchange no later than February 3, 2021.

Overview

Category of Funding
Energy
Environment
Opportunity Zone Benefits
Science and Technology and other Research and Development
Transportation
Funding Instruments
Cooperative Agreement
Grant Category
Discretionary
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement
True
Source
On 4/15/21 National Energy Technology Lab posted grant opportunity DE-FOA-0002450 for SuperTruck 3 with funding of $100.0 million. The grant will be issued under grant program 81.087 Renewable Energy Research and Development. It is expected that 6 total grants will be made worth between $1 and $33.0 million.

Timing

Posted Date
April 15, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT
Closing Date
July 12, 2021, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due
Last Updated
April 15, 2021, 10:30 a.m. EDT
Version
2
Archive Date
Aug. 11, 2021

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Additional Info
This FOA will restrict foreign entities from applying as prime recipients unless they have a U.S. incorporated subsidiary or affiliate with a physical location for business operations in the United States. No waivers will be offered for this restriction.

Award Sizing

Ceiling
$33,000,000
Floor
$1
Estimated Program Funding
$100,000,000
Estimated Number of Grants
6

Contacts

Contact
sheldon funk Contract Specialist
Contact Phone
(304) 285-0204
Additional Information
Exchange

Documents

Posted documents for DE-FOA-0002450

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Grants awarded through DE-FOA-0002450

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