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Yesterday, the Division of Power (DOE) introduced $45.8 million in new funding for tasks that may advance analysis, improvement, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) essential to attaining net-zero greenhouse fuel emissions within the transportation sector.
The funding will drive innovation in equitable clear transportation and is aligned with methods detailed within the U.S. Nationwide Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization.
Matter areas within the Automobile Applied sciences Workplace (VTO) Fiscal Yr (FY) 2024 R&D funding alternative embody:
- Subsequent-generation phosphate-based cathodes.
- Advancing the cutting-edge for sodium-ion batteries.
- Growing ideas for reducing greenhouse fuel emissions from off-road automobiles resembling development, agriculture, mining, and forestry automobiles.
- Growing and deploying vehicle-to-everything applied sciences that may result in significant financial savings on the automobile and transportation system stage.
- Growing high-performance, domestically produced electrical steels (E-steels) to be used in electrified powertrains.
- Addressing essential cybersecurity wants for sensible and safe electrical automobile charging.
- As a part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s dedication to making sure the advantages of a clear transportation system are shared equally, the funding seeks the participation of underserved communities and underrepresented teams. Candidates are required to explain how variety, fairness, and inclusion goals will likely be integrated into their undertaking.
VTO offers a sequence of funding alternative announcement (FOA) information session videos, which assist candidates perceive VTO’s FOA course of and necessities. The lately launched, Session 3: Suggestions for a Sturdy FOA Software, contains greatest practices for incorporating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in a undertaking.
Candidates should submit an idea paper by Might 2, 2024, and full functions are due June 24, 2024.
Study extra on the VTO FY24 R&D FOA Webpage.
Courtesy of Department of Energy.
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