Welcome to the official Web page of the FreedomCAR & Fuel Partnership's Electrochemical Energy Storage (EES) Tech Team.

Mission
To develop electrochemical energy storage technologies which support commercialization of fuel cell, hybrid, and electric vehicles.

Strategic Vision:

The Electrochemical Energy Storage Tech Team seeks to promote long-term R&D within the domestic electrochemical energy storage (EES) industry and to maintain a consortium that engages automobile manufacturers, EES manufacturers, the National Laboratories, universities, and other key stakeholders.

Objectives:

For high-energy and high power energy storage technologies and models, the Electrochemical Energy Storage Tech Team shall continue its focus on understanding and addressing the following factors:

• Continue development of high-power battery technologies to reduce cost to $20/kW and extend life to 15 years.
• Develop battery technology to support electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.
• Develop ultracapacitor technology for hybrid electric vehicle applications.
• Conduct benchmarking activities for both high power and high energy batteries and ultracapacitors to validate technologies.
• Publish technical goals and associated test procedures to guide the development of electrochemical energy storage systems.

R & D News Highlights

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