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Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership (1998) / Chapter Skim
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1 Purpose, Scope, and Process of This Study
Pages 10-14

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... These regulations established stringent standards for tailpipe emissions for new classes of vehicles and defined a yearly average fleet emission rate, beginning in 1994. The most stringent emissions standards applied to "zeroemission vehicles" (ZEVs)
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... (CARB, 1996~.3 Chrysler Corporation, Ford Motor Company, and the General Motors Corporation (GM) anticipate that customer requirements for a sustainable EV market will include a vehicle range of significantly more than 100 miles in actual customer use; life-cycle costs comparable to those of gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine (ICE)
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... The committee was also asked to comment on the USABC's plans for the selection of Phase II projects. Some of the topics the committee was requested to address are listed below: · the process by which technical goals and objectives were established for EV battery development · the process used by the USABC to solicit proposals, choose contractors, and make awards, both for new projects and for continuing efforts · the manner in which contractor performance was measured and evaluated by the USABC 6DOE funding for USABC activities is provided through OAAT.
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... These discussions also provided insights into the overall impact of the USABC program on battery R&D in the United States. Chapter 2 of this report provides background information on the structure and funding of the USABC and summarizes the roles of the industry participants 7When the proposal for this study was submitted to DOE, Phase II was in the planning stage.
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... The recommendations address specific features of the USABC program, especially activities scheduled between now and the termination of the program in 2003, as well as generic issues relevant to government-industry R&D partnerships. In developing its conclusions and recommendations, the committee was mindful of topics identified by the OAAT director as being of particular interest to DOE (Patil, 1997~.
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