United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR) is an umbrella organization for collaborative research that comprises
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobi ...
,
General Motors
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and
Stellantis
Stellantis N.V. is a multinational automotive manufacturing corporation formed in 2021 on the basis of a 50–50 cross-border merger between the Italian-American conglomerate Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and the French PSA Group. The comp ...
. Its goal is to further strengthen the technology base of the U.S. auto industry through cooperative research and development. It has Electrical Wiring Component Applications Partnership, United States Automotive Materials Partnership, and United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) as part of its consortia. USABC pursues research and development of advanced energy systems for
electric and
hybrid electric vehicle
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s to achieve significantly increased range and performance.
In November 2021, the US Advanced Battery Consortium in collaboration with the
US Department of Energy
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awarded a $2 million grant to
American Battery Technology Company
American Battery Technology Company, formerly American Battery Metals Corporation, is a US-based battery recycling technology startup founded in 2011. It employs a hydrometallurgical process to recycle batteries and a targeted extraction system t ...
,
BASF, and Magnis Energy Technologies's
C4V.
USCAR participates in the U.S. DRIVE Partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, five energy companies, and two major utilities. Its mission is to develop and advance a
sustainable
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transportation future. This includes the high-risk research needed to: enable a full range of affordable cars, light trucks and the fueling infrastructure to support them; reduce the dependence of the nation's personal transportation system on imported oil; minimize harmful vehicle emissions, without sacrificing freedom of mobility and freedom of vehicle choice; and enable a long-term transition to a
hydrogen economy.
See also
*
FreedomCAR
The FreedomCAR and Vehicle Technologies (FCVT) was a national Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy program developing more efficient energy use, energy-efficient and green vehicle, environmentally-friendly highway transportation techno ...
*
List of electric vehicle battery manufacturers
List
See also
*Electric vehicle battery
*List of production battery electric vehicles
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*
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
References
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USCAR
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Automotive industry in the United States
Research organizations in the United States