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 awarded a $6,101,208 Cooperative Agreement (CFDA 81.086 - Conservation Research and Development) to Cummins Inc. to research, develop, and demonstrate a very-high-power polyphase wireless charging system suitable for Class 8 heavy-duty electric vehicles in short/regional-haul applications. The project, with a performance period of July 2024 to July 2025, is being executed in collaboration with Purdue University, who...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $1,248,451 Cooperative Agreement to the West Virginia University Research Corporation to develop and pilot a nationwide network of higher education and career technical institutions. The goal is to provide sustainable, standardized hybrid online/in-person training on electric vehicle maintenance for the current automotive technician workforce. This work is being conducted under the Conservation Research and...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $2,296,542 Cooperative Agreement to Evgo Services LLC to develop low-cost tools for enabling third-party interoperability testing for electric vehicles (EVs) and electric vehicle service equipment (EVSE) with the ISO-15118 plug and charge standard. The project also aims to develop conformance testing to define current and future iterations of the standard to promote widespread interoperability and...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded a $1,499,099 cooperative agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) grant program to ICF Incorporated, L.L.C. The objective of this project is to develop and pilot a new Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) Service Advisor Pre-Apprenticeship Program in four disadvantaged cities in Michigan and California. The program will build upon existing training to create an...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program provides $6,046,425 to deploy an Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Interoperability Test Bed. The project aims to increase industrial capacity, competition, redundancy, and broad access to validation testing and certification of Direct Current (DC) fast chargers with power ratings between 150 kilowatts...
The Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $6,934,670 Cooperative Agreement under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council Inc. (IREC). The objective of this project, titled "A Comprehensive Nationwide Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Recognition and Technical Assistance Program (ChargingSmart)," is to significantly reduce the soft costs of new EV charging installations across...
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded a $5,493,941 Cooperative Agreement to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) on August 14, 2024 under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) federal grant program. The objective of the "GRIDFAST EXPRESS" project is to establish a comprehensive national program focused on streamlining the utility interconnection process for both AC Level 2 and DC fast charging technologies for...
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded a $4,697,530 Cooperative Agreement to Quanta Technology, LLC under the Conservation Research and Development (CFDA 81.086) program. The funding will upgrade Quanta's Advanced Testing and Training Center in La Grange, TX to create a state-of-the-art electric vehicle (EV) charger testing facility capable of full-power testing at the megawatt scale. This project, running from July 2024 to June 2025,...
The University of Tennessee received a $6,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under the Conservation Research and Development program (CFDA 81.086). The objective of this 3-year project, with a completion date of August 31, 2027, is to develop and integrate an 800V/200kW GaN-based three-level high-power-density inverter and permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMSYNRM). The University...