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April 15, 2021
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled two funding opportunities – totaling more than $162 million – to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions among cars, trucks and off-road vehicles.
The funding will support the next stage of the SuperTruck initiatives – aimed at electrifying freight trucking – along with efforts to expand electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and lower emissions for on- and off-road vehicles.
“Getting to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 means we must aggressively cut down the largest source of emissions: the transportation sector,” says Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm. “DOE’s first two SuperTruck initiatives led the biggest truck makers in the U.S. semi market to take massive leaps in fuel efficiency. This new funding triples down on that progress with a push towards electrifying trucks of all sizes, along with efforts to expand EV charging access and develop low-emission car eng
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DOE announces SuperTruck 3 initiative
The Department of Energy on Thursday unveiled two funding opportunities totaling more than $162 million to improve efficiency and reduce carbon emissions in cars and trucks. The funding will support the next stage of the SuperTruck initiatives – aimed at electrifying freight trucking – along with efforts to expand electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and lower emissions for on- and off-road vehicles.
DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) first launched the SuperTruck initiative in 2009, aimed at improving heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%, while the follow-up SuperTruck 2 in 2016 sought to double fuel efficiency for Class 8 trucks.
DOE Secretary Jennifer Granholm called the efforts both urgent and exciting, by turns. There is so much opportunity to be created out of cleaner technology, she said, including increasing America’s share of the global clean energy market, directing benefits into
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy said it plans to announce three funding opportunities this spring aimed at technologies that well help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the transportation sector.
The potential funding would support “innovative research,
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