Sec. 6913. Research and development program for advanced vehicle manufacturing technologies
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The Secretary shall carry out a research, development, and demonstration program of advanced vehicle manufacturing technologies and practices, including innovative, efficient, and sustainable processes— to increase the production rate and decrease the cost of advanced battery and fuel cell manufacturing, including synthesis of precursor materials for electrodes; to develop technologies enabling flexible manufacturing facilities that can accommodate different battery chemistries and configurations; to reduce or repurpose waste streams, reduce emissions, and energy intensity of vehicle, engine, advanced battery, and component manufacturing processes; to recycle and remanufacture used batteries and other vehicle components for reuse in vehicles or other applications; to develop manufacturing and additive manufacturing processes to fabricate, assemble, and produce cost-effective lightweight materials with enhanced functionality such as advanced aluminum, steel, and other metal alloys, advanced polymers, polymeric composites, and carbon fiber for use in vehicles and related tooling; to leverage the use of machine learning toward manufacturing and additive manufacturing optimization; to design and manufacture purpose-built hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, hydrogen fueling infrastructure, and components; to improve the lifetime and reduce the lifecycle impacts of advanced batteries; and to reuse valuable components and materials such as permanent magnets and other electric drive components for advanced vehicles.