DOE launches U.S. DRIVE - Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability

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Last week, U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the formation of U.S. DRIVE, a cooperative partnership with industry to accelerate the development of clean, energy-efficient technologies for vehicles. Formerly known as the FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, U.S. DRIVE - Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability - brings together the DOE's technical experts with national laboratories and industry partners to develop targets and strategic roadmaps and evaluate progress on a range of advanced vehicle technologies. Energy Secretary Chu says that government-industry partnerships like U.S. DRIVE can:

Quicken the pace at which affordable, fuel-efficient vehicles reach and succeed in the commercial market. By bringing together the best and brightest in government and the automobile, electric utility, and fuels industries, we can develop promising, innovative technologies that move rapidly from the lab into cars on the road, along with the infrastructure to support them.

Concurrent with the announcement of U.S. DRIVE comes words of the addition of two new members: the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Tesla Motors.

[Source: U.S. Department of Energy]

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