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Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership

Committee to Review the U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium's Electric Vehicle Battery Research and Development Project Selection Process

Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1998

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1998. Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6196.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare. Upon the authority of the charter granted to it by the Congress in 1863, the Academy has a mandate that requires it to advise the federal government on scientific and technical matters. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts is president of the National Academy of Sciences.

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy’s purposes of furthering knowledge and advising the federal government. Functioning in accordance with general policies determined by the Academy, the Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The Council is administered jointly by both Academies and the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Bruce M. Alberts and Dr. William A. Wulf are chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the National Research Council.

This report and the study on which it is based were supported by Contract No. DTNH22-94-G-07414 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE U.S. ADVANCED BATTERY CONSORTIUM'S ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SELECTION PROCESS

LARRY R. FAULKNER (chair),

University of Texas at Austin

KATHRYN R. BULLOCK,

Medtronic, Inc., Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

PAUL A. KOHL,

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

CARL A. KUKKONEN,

California Institute of Technology, Pasadena

ALEXANDER MACLACHLAN,

NAE,1 E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (retired), Wilmington, Delaware

JAMES A. MCINTYRE,

Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan

BARRY MILLER,

Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

DAVID L. MORRISON,

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (retired), Cary, North Carolina

BRIJESH VYAS,

Bell Laboratories-Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, New Jersey

ROBERT D. WEAVER,

Electric Power Research Institute (retired), Palo Alto, California

Liaison from the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems

ROY G. GORDON,

NAS,2 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Project Staff

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, director,

Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES), and

study director (from April 1998)

JILL WILSON, senior program officer and study director (until April 1998)

PATRICIA SPAULDING, project assistant (until January 1998)

SUSANNA E. CLARENDON, financial and administrative assistant, and project assistant (from February 1998)

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 NAE = National Academy of Engineering

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 NAS = National Academy of Sciences

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BOARD ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM

ROBERT L. HIRSCH (chair),

Advanced Power and Energy Technology Collaborative, Inc., Washington, D.C.

RICHARD MESERVE (vice chair),

Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.

EVERETT H. BECKNER,

Lockheed Martin Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico

JAN BEYEA,

Consulting in the Public Interest, Lambertville, New Jersey

E. GAIL DE PLANQUE,

NAE, Potomac, Maryland

WILLIAM L. FISHER,

NAE, University of Texas at Austin

WILLIAM FULKERSON,

Oak Ridge National Laboratories and University of Tennessee (retired), Knoxville

ROY G. GORDON,

NAS, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

EDWIN E. KINTNER,

NAE, GPU Nuclear Corporation, Norwich, Vermont

K. ANNE STREET,

Geo-Centers, Rockville, Maryland

JAMES SWEENEY,

Stanford University, Stanford, California

LINDA GILLESPIE STUNTZ,

Stuntz & Davis, Washington, D.C.

KATHLEEN C. TAYLOR,

NAE, General Motors Corporation, Warren, Michigan

IRVIN WHITE,

UTECH, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia

Liaisons from the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems

RUTH M. DAVIS,

NAE, Pymatuning Group, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia

LAWRENCE T. PAPAY,

NAE, Bechtel Technology and Consulting, San Francisco, California

Staff

JAMES ZUCCHETTO, director

JILL WILSON, senior program officer (until April 1998)

TRACY WILSON, senior program officer (until April 1998)

SUSANNA E. CLARENDON, project assistant and administrative associate

PATRICIA SPAULDING, project assistant (until January 1998)

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Acknowledgments

The committee wishes to thank the representatives of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) and the U.S. Department of Energy who contributed significantly to this National Research Council (NRC) study, whether by giving presentations at meetings or providing responses to committee requests for information. The committee also acknowledges the valuable contributions of individuals from other organizations (see Appendix B). In addition, the committee is grateful for the able assistance of Dr. James Zucchetto, Dr. Jill Wilson, Ms. Susanna Clarendon, and Ms. Patricia Spaulding of the NRC staff for their hard work organizing and planning committee meetings and for their efforts in gathering information and writing sections of the report. Finally, the chair wishes to recognize the committee members for their expertise, their efforts, and their consistent commitment to integrity throughout the study.

This report has been reviewed by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the authors and the NRC in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The content of the review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the follow individuals for their participation in the review of this report:

Jack L. Blumenthal, TRW Space and Defense Sector; Edwin Kintner, GPU Nuclear Corporation (retired); Donald MacArthur, CHEMAC

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International Corporation; John Newman, University of California, Berkeley; Roberta Nichols, Ford Motor Company (retired); and Daniel Sperling, University of California, Davis.

While the individuals listed above have provided constructive comments and suggestions, responsibility for the final content of this report rests solely with the authoring committee and the NRC.

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Tables and Figures

Tables

2-1

 

DOE Funding for Advanced Battery Research, FYs 1990 to 1998,

 

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3-1

 

USABC Performance Goals,

 

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3-2

 

Performance Assumptions Made by the USABC in Comparative Cost Analysis,

 

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3-3

 

Calculated Costs from the USABC Analysis,

 

25

4-1

 

Technical Summary of USABC Nickel Metal Hydride Battery Projects,

 

34

4-2

 

Technical Summary of USABC Lithium Battery Projects,

 

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Figure

2-1

 

USABC management structure,

 

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