UNITED STATES COUNCIL FOR AUTOMOTIVE RESEARCH LLC
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Welcome to the Web page of the U.S. DRIVE Electrical & Electronics Tech Team (EETT). Mission Achieving energy independence will depend upon developing hybrid-electric and fuel cell vehicles that are economically justifiable for the average consumer. Core to this effort will be the development of power electronics and electrical machines as key enabling technologies for propulsion systems. This will require reducing the production cost of current automotive electric traction systems by a factor of four. The cost/ease of integrating electric traction systems into vehicle platforms must be significantly improved. This dictates a size reduction of over 50% with increased modularity to support increased system configurations and economies of scale. For the successful adoption of the technology, system integration will also be essential to reduce part count and to improve reliability, durability and producibility. |
R & D News Highlights U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES EXPANDED PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY TO ADVANCE NEXT-GENERATION AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Washington, D.C., May 19, 2011 - U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced U.S. DRIVE, a cooperative partnership with industry to accelerate the development of clean, advanced, energy-efficient technologies for cars and light trucks and the infrastructure needed to support their widespread use. This partnership is part of DOE's broad strategy to expand the availability of advanced vehicles to American families |
Vehicle Electrification TLC |
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