The US Department of Energy (DOE) 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.
SuperTruck 3 Funding Opportunity:
New technologies, business models, and consumer demands are among several factors changing how freight moves in the US Combined, these changes present a unique opportunity to re-envision the trucking sector as more economical and sustainable supporting domestic jobs, the nation’s economy, and the administration’s clean energy goals all at once. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) initially launched the SuperTruck initiatives in 2009, aimed to improve heavy-duty truck freight efficiency by 50%, while the follow-up SuperTruck 2 in 2016 sought to double fuel efficiency for 18-wheeler (“class 8”) trucks. The initiatives attracted participation of truck makers comprising over 99% of the US truck market. Within seven years, four of them—Volvo, Daimler, Cummins/Peterbilt, and Navistar had exceeded the first SuperTruck goal. The five SuperTruck 2 projects are on track to more than double class 8 miles per gallon.
EERE’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) and Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) are partnering on the “SuperTruck 3” Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to offer up to $100 million in funding over four years, subject to appropriations to pioneer electrified medium- and heavy-duty trucks and freight system concepts that achieve even higher efficiency and lower emissions. The funding focuses on a range of approaches to electrification all-electric, plug-in hybrid systems using renewable biofuels, and hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, including hybridization strategies such as fuel cell range extenders.
For more information, please visit VTO and HFTO’s Funding Opportunity pages, the EERE Exchange, and Grants.gov.
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