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DOE Grant Announcements

August 26, 2009:  Secretary Chu Announces Nearly $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Clean Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development [Press Release]

August 5, 2009-- 48 new advanced battery and electric drive projects will receive $2.4 billion in funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects, selected through a highly competitive process by the Department of Energy, will accelerate the development of U.S. manufacturing capacity for batteries and electric drive components as well as the deployment of electric drive vehicles, helping to establish American leadership in creating the next generation of advanced vehicles. [Press Release]

June 23, 2009--Obama Administration Awards First Three Auto Loans for Advanced Technologies to Ford Motor Company, Nissan Motors and Tesla Motors [Press Release] 

June 17, 2009--DOE released a $240 million solicitation on June 9 for the development of high-efficiency trucks and passenger vehicles. The funding includes approximately $110 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and $130 million from DOE annual appropriations. [Press Release]

June 16, 2009--The U.S. DOE has started awarding grant funding for transportation electrification.  See the announcement about the first seven companies that won funding [here.]

DOE Solicitation Reviewer Request

April 20, 2009--The DOE is seeking technical reviewers from EDTA's membership for the applications they expect to receive for DE-FOA-0000028: Recovery Act – Transportation Electrification.  They seek reviewers with a variety of backgrounds in the electric drive/transportation industry, including those with an education/curriculum design background. A brief outline of what they are looking for is here.

June 9, 2009--Recovery Act - Systems Level Technology Development, Integration,and Demonstration for Efficient Class 8 Trucks (SuperTruck) and Advanced Technology Powertrains For Light-Duty Vehicles (ATP-LD).  The goal of Area of Interest 1 is to develop and demonstrate a 50% improvement in overall freight efficiency on a heavy-duty Class 8 tractor-trailer measured in ton-miles per gallon. This improvement will be achieved through the application of advanced vehicle system technologies and advanced engine technologies.

http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=XFVHK4pJhC0mh9gtbSR7GJt1Ryb32LfZmpKmQvB6Gk48lJFbJjT3!1215949849?oppId=47867&flag2006=false&mode=VIEW

March 19, 2009--The U.S. Department of Energy announced the release of two competitive solicitations for up to $2 billion in federal funding for competitively awarded cost-shared agreements for manufacturing of advanced batteries and related drive components as well as up to $400 million for transportation electrification demonstration and deployment projects.