Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

Researchers from Imperial College London and their European partners, including Volvo Car Corporation, are developing a prototype multifunctional structural composite material composed of carbon fibers and a polymer resin which can store and discharge electrical energy and which is also strong and lightweight enough to be used for car parts.

Energy Storage 225

Energy Storage Energy Polymer Carbon Fiber 225

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Fiscal year 2017 funding will also be targeted at the development of low-cost, high-strength precursors for carbon fibers that can be used in vehicular hydrogen storage vessels. —Acting Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Friedman.

Industrial 253

Industrial Industry Fuel Carbon Fiber 253

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2012

Applicants are sought to develop electrochemical energy storage technologies which support commercialization of micro, mild, and full HEVs, PHEVs, and EVs. EERE’s Vehicles Technologies Program (VTP) is focused on developing technologies to enable average new vehicle fuel economy of more than 60 mpg (3.9 L/100 km) for trucks by 2025.

Hydrogen 210

Hydrogen Fuel Range Vehicles 210