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DOE to Provide up to $14 M to Advance Batteries for PHEVs

April 6, 2007 | 4 Comments

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Washington, DC [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced that it will provide up to $14 million in funding for a $28 million cost-shared solicitation by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) battery development.

The development of a lower cost, high-energy battery has been identified as a critical pathway toward commercialization of PHEVs. The PHEV Request for Proposal Information (RFPI) deadline is May 31, 2007.

This research, in keeping with President Bush's Advanced Energy Initiative, aims to find solutions to improving battery performance so vehicles can deliver up to 40 miles of electric range without recharging. This would include most roundtrip daily commutes.

DOE and USABC seek to identify electrochemical storage technologies capable of meeting or approaching USABC's criteria for performance, weight, lifecycle and cost. Other considerations include the potential to commercialize proposed battery technologies and bring them to market quickly.

The development of a lower cost, high-energy battery has been identified as a critical pathway toward commercialization of PHEVs. DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's (EERE) Vehicle Technologies Program leads the effort to bring PHEVs to market.

The PHEV Request for Proposal Information (RFPI) deadline for submission is Thursday, May 31, 2007.

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draq-wraith-37631

April 6, 2007

make that wonder not woner.

d~w

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draq-wraith-37631

April 6, 2007

i woner what they will do with vanadium now?

d~w

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adrian-akau-36758

April 7, 2007

A Good Battery

A low cost battery with high energy density is just what we need,
For trucks and cars, to take us far at normal and high speed,
Let's get off fuel that's all in the pool of hydro carbon stuff,
For more than a century of fossil fuel density is really quite enough.

adrianakau@aol.com

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collinar

April 11, 2007

The idea of a "flow battery" in an electric car (or PHEV) is useful in that you can choose to replace the electrolytes in a way similar the way we put gasoline in a car today. It is a quick way to regain a charged system; useful if you take your electric car on a long road trip. Future filling stations take note. You can still charge your car by plugging in an electrical outlet if you have the time.

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