DOE funds $30 million for PHEV research

摘要

According to U.S. DOE Assistant Secretary of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Andy Karsner, the department has authorized up to $30 million in funding over three years for three cost-shared PHEVs demonstration and development projects. Karsner added, "The selected projects will accelerate the development of PHEVs capable of traveling up to 40 miles without recharging, which includes most daily roundtrip commutes and satisfies 70 percent of the average daily travel in the U. S. The projects will also address critical barriers to achieving DOE's goal of making PHEVs cost-competitive by 2014 and ready for commercialization by 2016."