Cooperative Agreement DEEE0009207

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Navistar Inc. a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of this project is to build, deploy, and demonstrate the in-use performance of a Class 6/7, medium-duty zero-emission (ZE) salt/snowplow truck. This effort aims to enable the commercialization of this critical vehicle type for cold-weather regions across the...

This Cooperative Agreement award of $1,516,969 from the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) Federal Grant Program (CFDA 81.135) supports the "INTERMODAL FREIGHT OPTIMIZATION FOR A RESILIENT MOBILITY ENERGY SYSTEM (INFORMES)" project. The award is designed to enhance U.S. energy security, reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, and strengthen energy infrastructure resilience through innovative transportation and logistics research and development. The University...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $452,155 to the University of Texas at Austin to develop a decentralized optimization framework for next-generation transportation and power systems with large-scale transportation electrification. The key research objectives are to: (1) advance network modeling strategies to understand interactions among heterogeneous and decentralized stakeholders; (2) optimize information...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) aims to establish the conceptual and algorithmic foundations for grid-responsive electrified transportation systems. The $500,000 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2029, supports research to develop novel models for integrating power and transportation systems, algorithms to aggregate and control the spatiotemporal flexibility of electric vehicle charging loads, and...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $6,250,214 Cooperative Agreement to Ricardo LLC on August 15, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The funding supports the development of an innovative 3-in-1 inverter/on-board charger/auxiliary DC converter for electrified vehicle applications. The goal is to advance energy efficiency and decarbonization technologies in the transportation sector,...

The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $3,104,431 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) Federal Grant Program to the University of Oklahoma. The objective of this 12-month project is to develop a systematic and scalable approach to optimally integrate shared autonomous electric vehicles (SAEVs) into public transportation systems, particularly in rural tribal communities. Through field...

The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $1,313,507 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) on June 10, 2024. The objective of this project is to advance sustainability in construction operations by successfully demonstrating and deploying electric construction vehicles to replace traditional internal combustion engine-powered equipment. The project...

The Department of Energy's Office of Science awarded Steer TECH LLC a $199,899 Project Grant under the Office of Science Financial Assistance Program (CFDA 81.049). The grant, awarded on July 22, 2024, supports Steer TECH's research into increasing mobility energy productivity, operational efficiency, and low-speed automation for on-demand transit or goods movement in first-mile/last-mile transportation scenarios. As a for-profit limited liability company specializing in autonomous vehicle...

The Department of Energy awarded Volvo Technology of America, LLC a $456,433,065 project grant under the Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chain Demonstrations and Commercial Applications program (CFDA 81.253). The grant, awarded on January 15, 2025, will be used to upgrade and re-equip three Mack manufacturing facilities to significantly accelerate the production capacity transition from fossil fuel to battery electric vehicle (BEV) and fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technologies for...

This $1,863,725 cooperative agreement was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Renewable Energy Research and Development program (CFDA 81.087). The grant supports research and development efforts by Wabash National Corp to design, fabricate, and assess the long-term durability of a sustainable composite refrigerated trailer integrated with photovoltaic (PV) systems. The project aims to investigate the performance,...