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DOE to issue $47M FY17 Vehicle Technologies program-wide funding opportunity

Green Car Congress

Analysis suggests that cost parity between electric drive and internal combustion vehicles is possible under certain scenarios when battery pack costs fall below $125/kWh (useable energy). Battery500 Seedling Projects. Development of Electric Traction Drive Systems. kW/kilogram; power density of ≥4.0 kW/Liter; and efficiency ≥94%.