DEEE0006250

Research and development on advanced electrochemical energy storage devices enabling a spectrum of electrified vehicles.

United States Advanced Battery Consortium

THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT SOUGHT APPLICATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE VEHICLES TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM’S (VTP) GENERAL GOAL IS TO DEVELOP TECHNOLOGIES THAT ENABLE CARS AND TRUCKS TO BECOME HIGHLY EFFICIENT THROUGH AFFORDABLE AND IMPROVED DRIVETRAIN, LIGHTWEIGHTING TECHNOLOGIES, AND CLEANER DOMESTIC FUELS. SPECIFIC GOALS OF THE VTP HYBRID AND ELECTRIC SYSTEMS TEAM INCLUDE ENABLING THE USE OF ADVANCED ELECTRIC DRIVE TECHNOLOGIES IN VEHICLE SYSTEMS BY DEVELOPING LOW-COST BATTERIES, ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRIC MOTOR COMPONENTS, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF MODELS AND SIMULATION TOOLS TO PREDICT THE PERFORMANCE, FUEL ECONOMY, AND EMISSIONS OF ADVANCED CONVENTIONAL AND ELECTRIC-DRIVE VEHICLE SYSTEMS. A KEY GOAL OF THE ENERGY STORAGE ACTIVITY IS THE REDUCTION OF THE PRODUCTION COST OF LIGHT DUTY ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE (EDV) BATTERIES WITHOUT COMPROMISING PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY OVER THE LIFE OF A VEHICLE. IN RESPONSE TO THIS GOAL, THE VTP HAS SET A COST TARGET FOR EDV BATTERIES OF $300/KWH BY 2014 AND $125/KWH BY 2020, TO ENABLE COST-COMPETITIVE MARKET ENTRY OF PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES. THE ENERGY STORAGE GOALS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH THE FUNDING OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (R&D) RANGING FROM FOCUSED, LONG-TERM RESEARCH TO MORE APPLIED R&D ON FULL CELLS AND BATTERY SYSTEMS. MOST OF THE LONGER TERM RESEARCH WILL BE DONE IN UNIVERSITIES AND THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES, BUT MUCH OF THE MORE APPLIED WORK WILL BE DONE WITHIN THE DOMESTIC BATTERY INDUSTRY. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THIS R&D IS RELEVANT AND RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THE MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES VTP BELIEVES THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH AND THROUGH A CONSORTIUM THAT BRINGS TOGETHER A SIGNIFICANT FRACTION OF THE MAJOR MANUFACTURERS OF ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLES IN THE US. ONE OF THE GOALS OF THIS CONSORTIUM WOULD BE TO ENGAGE THE BATTERY MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS, SUCH AS UNIVERSITIES, THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES, AND MANUFACTURERS AND DEVELOPERS THAT SUPPLY CRITICAL MATERIALS AND COMPONENTS TO THE BATTERY INDUSTRY. THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CARRIED OUT WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE DOE’S EFFORT TO DEVELOP ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NATION’S DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL, SPECIFICALLY BY SUPPORTING R&D IN THE ENERGY STORAGE AREA FOR VEHICLES USING ELECTRIC DRIVE COMPONENTS, INCLUDING HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES (HEVS) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLES (PHEVS) AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS).

81.086 - Conservation Research and Development

National Energy Technology Lab (NETL) [DOE]

Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) [DOE]

Southfield, Michigan 48075-1120 United States

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Electrochemical Storage Technologies Suitable for Automobile Industry Applications (DE-FOA-0000722)

Amendment Since initial award the End Date has been extended from 09/30/14 to 09/30/24 and the total obligations have increased 6149% from $2,000,210 to $125,000,000.