FY 2019 DOE-EERE Materials Vehicle Technologies Office Consolidated Report
- DOE-EERE Technology Development Manager Multi-Material Joining Lightweight Materials Vehicle Technologies Office
- Idaho National Laboratory
- DOE-EERE Materials Technology Program Vehicle Technologies Office
- DOE-EERE Technology Development Manager Propulsion Materials Vehicle Technologies Office
- DOE-EERE Technology Development Manager Carbon Fiber and Polymer Composites Lightweight Materials Vehicle Technologies Office
The Materials Technology Program supports the Vehicle Technologies Office’s mission to help consumers and businesses reduce their transportation energy costs while meeting or exceeding vehicle performance expectations. The propulsion materials research portfolio seeks to develop higher performance materials that can withstand increasingly extreme environments and address the future properties needed for a variety of high-efficiency powertrain types, sizes, fueling concepts, and combustion modes. The lightweight materials research portfolio enables improvements in fuel economy by providing properties that are equal to or better than traditional materials at a lower weight. Because it takes less energy to accelerate a lighter object, replacing cast-iron and traditional steel components with lightweight materials such as advanced high-strength steels, magnesium alloys, aluminum alloys, and fiber-reinforced polymer composites can directly reduce a vehicle’s fuel consumption. By 2025, Materials Technology research activities seek to enable a 25% weight reduction of the glider for light-duty vehicles including body, chassis, and interior as compared to a 2015 baseline at no more than a $5/lb-saved increase in cost.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-05ID14517;
- OSTI ID:
- 1615345
- Report Number(s):
- INL/EXT-20-57294-Rev000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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