The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced a $51.7 million investment in transportation innovation projects to expand affordable, reliable mobility options across America.
This includes electric vehicle (EV) battery technologies that use domestic, low-cost and abundant materials, improvements in off-road vehicle technologies, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity advancements, and innovations bolstering cybersecurity in EV charging systems and infrastructure.
The 19 projects selected for this funding will focus on advancing a broad range of next-generation technologies for the transportation sector.
Funded projects focus on:
- Topic 1: Next-generation phosphate-based cathodes. $17 million toward four projects to advance state-of-the-art for high-energy density battery cells containing phosphate-based cathodes. These projects combine lithium- and manganese-rich materials with phosphate-based materials.
- Topic 2: Sodium (Na)-ion battery seedling projects for EV applications. $6 million toward five projects building sodium-ion EV battery solutions, including a self-extinguishing electrolyte platform that extends the Na-ion battery cycle life while improving battery safety.
- Topic 3: Low greenhouse gas concepts for off-road vehicles. $7.2 million toward four projects developing and demonstrating off-road vehicle technology concepts such as a renewable fuel engines for long run-times, and an off-road engine using hydrogen combustion.
- Topic 4: Saving energy with connectivity. $7 million toward two projects to support develop and deploy V2X technologies such as connected vehicles, and an interoperable and scalable V2X-based traffic management system.
- Topic 5: Domestically produced e-steels. $5.6 million toward two projects to support development of domestic production and manufacturing of electrical steels, including the scale-up of several new promising alloys.
- Topic 6: Cybersecurity for smart and secure EV charging. $8.5 million toward two projects to research, develop, and demonstrate systems, technologies, and tools needed for cybersecure EVs and EV charging infrastructure, including projects focused on vehicle-to-grid infrastructure, and innovative tools to test and ensure compliance with multiple protocols and standards for interoperability and cybersecurity.
Learn more about the projects selected for award negotiation here.
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