US DRIVE partners selected the technical highlights in the report from hundreds of US Department of Energy (DOE)-funded projects. Each one-page summary represents what DOE and automotive, energy, and utility industry partners collectively consider to be significant progress in the development of advanced automotive and infrastructure technologies. The report is organized by technical area, with highlights in three general categories: vehicles; crosscutting areas; and fuels.

• Vehicles includes projects on advanced combustion and emissions control electrical and electronics; electrochemical energy storage; fuel cells; materials; and vehicle systems and analysis.

• Crosscutting topics include codes and standards; onboard hydrogen storage; and grid interaction.

• Fuels work includes fuel pathway integration; hydrogen delivery; and hydrogen production.

US DRIVE partners are the US Department of Energy (DOE); the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR)—a consortium composed of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors; Tesla Motors, Inc.; five energy companies—BP America, Chevron Corporation, Phillips 66 Company, ExxonMobil Corporation, and Shell Oil Products US; two electric utilities—DTE Energy and Southern California Edison; and the Electric Power Research Institute.

US DRIVE is a forum for pre-competitive technical information exchange among partners to discuss R&D needs, develop joint goals and technology roadmaps, and evaluate R&D progress for a broad range of technical areas.

(A hat-tip to Tatiana Ksenevich, editor-in-chief at Русский инженер-транспортник (Russian engineer)!)