Program Management for the US Department of Energy Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Program. Fifty-First Monthly Progress Report, October 1985

摘要

Public Law 94-413, as amended by Public Law 95-238, authorizes the Department of Energy (DOE) to sponsor research, development, testing, and evaluation efforts to accelerate the development of electric and hybrid vehicles. Since its inception in 1976, the DOE Electric and Hybrid Vehicle (EHV) Program has sponsored a wide range of activities aimed at improving batteries, components, subsystems, and complete vehicles. Those activities involve a similarly broad range of technologies, and a multidisciplinary team is required to manage and monitor the activities effectively. The objective of the EHV Program is to expeditiously maximize the national petroleum savings potential of EHVs while providing energy and petroleum flexibility for the nation. This goal will be achieved by accelerating the research and development (R and D) of those technologies that could provide vehicles conductive to significant market penetration.