Hybrid research handouts

[TEG]

Examples (some old) of DoE grants to do hybrid reasearch:

Department of Energy to kick $14 million for PHEV battery research - AutoblogGreen

SatCon Gets Government Grant To Develop New Hybrid Electric Vehicle Drive Components - Brief Article | Autoparts Report | Find Articles at BNET.com

U.S. Department of Energy PHEV Stakeholder Workshop, June 13, 2007, Washington, D.C.

Department of Energy - DOE to Provide Nearly $20 Million to Further Development of Advanced Batteries for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Tesla has their own, proprietary battery technology, but has to compete with government funded technology made available to GM, Ford and others.

 

[tonybelding]

Tesla has their own, proprietary battery technology, but has to compete with government funded technology made available to GM, Ford and others.

It's not much of a competition so far, since all the other companies are working with batteries of much less energy density. That's why Tesla has a 200+ mile car and the others all have 100+ mile cars.

 

[TEG]

Yes, but all the packs still cost too much...

We shall see what Tesla runs into (in terms of pre-existing patents) that were taxpayer funded research projects supposedly meant to push the industry forward, not lock it down.

PNGV, FreedomCar, etc., are meant to advance the state of the art and drive down costs, but they tend to permit the participants to amass patents and keep anyone else from trying to compete.

 

[TEG]

The Long Road to Fuel Efficiency
..."Looking back at PNGV, where has the research paid off?
Certainly in the area of battery research there has been a significant contribution. Every hybrid battery sold, whether it is in a [Toyota] Prius or an [Ford] Escape contains intellectual property that was developed as part of the DOE advanced battery consortium partnership."...

SANNOUNCING U.S. A-TEAM: A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO STRENGTHEN U.S. AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING COMPETITIVENESS, Phil Bond, Speech, December 9, 2004

http://www.transportation.anl.gov/pdfs/HV/376.pdf

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/program/phev_rd_plan_02-28-07.pdf
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/program/2006_energy_storage.pdf
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/program/fc_fuel_partnership_plan.pdf

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Publications
Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center: Electricity Publications