Report Says DOE Failed to Request Audits From Electric Vehicle Grant Recipients

摘要

The Energy Department failed to obtain required financial and compliance audits from for-profit companies that received federal funds to develop the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle market, the department's inspector general said in a special report.DOE awarded $400 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds by May 2010 to 12 nonprofit groups and six for-profit entities as part of its Transportation Electrification Program. The report does not name the recipients.