USABC Seeks Proposal Info for Hybrid/Plug-In/EV Battery Development

USCAR - Continuing its work to develop advanced energy storage technologies for vehicle electrification, the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) has announced four new requests for proposal information (RFPIs) for projects related to advanced battery development for hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and electric vehicles.

USABC’s four RFPIs, for consideration of contracts that will include a 50 percent minimum cost share by developers, are for 1) development of advanced high performance batteries for electric vehicle (EV) applications; 2) development of advanced energy storage systems for high-power, lower energy-energy storage system (LEESS) for power-assist hybrid electric vehicle (PAHEV) applications; 3) development of advanced high-performance batteries for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications; and 4) a technology assessment of proposed advanced battery technologies for EV applications.

The RFPIs for advanced battery development are aimed at developers with electrochemical energy storage technologies that are capable of meeting or approaching the USABC long-term criteria for electric vehicle applications (www.uscar.org/usabc).