Electric and Hybrid Vehicles Program. Fifteenth annual report to Congress for FY 1991

Technical Report · Fri May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10149702· OSTI ID:10149702

The Department of Energy`s (DOE) Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (EHV) Program is conducting research, development, testing, and evaluation activities to encourage the use of electricity and alternative fuels for transportation. This program supports the expanded DOE involvement as recommended in the National Energy Strategy. The transportation sector is the single largest user of petroleum; it consumed 63 percent of all petroleum used in the United States last year. Only a small fraction (5 percent) of electricity is generated from petroleum. Electric vehicles, which are themselves virtually pollution-free, could play a key role in helping to reduce both urban pollution and our dependence on petroleum imports. The program`s goals are to develop, in cooperation with industry, the technology that will lead to the production and introduction of pollution-free electric vehicles into the Nation`s transportation fleet and substitute domestic sources of energy for petroleum-based fuels. This report describes progress achieved in developing electric and hybrid vehicle technologies, beginning with highlights of recent accomplishments in FY 1991. Detailed descriptions are provided of program activities during FY 1991 in the areas of battery, fuel-cell, and propulsion system development, and testing and evaluation of new technology in fleet site operations and in laboratories. In accordance with the reporting requirements of the Act, this Annual Report contains a status report on incentives and use of foreign components and concludes with a list of publications resulting form the DOE program.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Transportation Technologies
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10149702
• Report Number(s): DOE/CE--0357P; ON: DE92015200; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
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30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
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33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
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BATTERIES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
ELECTRIC-POWERED SYSTEMS
ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
FUEL CELLS
HYBRID ELECTRIC-POWERED VEHICLES
HYBRID SYSTEMS
MATERIALS
PROGRESS REPORT
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TESTING