Sec. 8. Medium- and heavy-duty commercial and transit vehicles program
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The Secretary, in coordination with relevant research and development programs carried out by other relevant Federal agencies and appropriate industry stakeholders, including relevant labor organizations, shall carry out a program of research, development, and demonstration activities on advanced energy technologies for medium- to heavy-duty commercial, vocational, recreational, and transit vehicles, including, to the maximum extent practicable, activities in the areas of— vehicle engines, which may include— engine efficiency, emission controls, and combustion research; energy and space-efficient emissions control systems; engine idle and parasitic energy loss reduction; advanced internal combustion engines; and engine down speeding; electric drive trains, including— durable highly efficient power electronics and electric machinery research; partial load efficiency improvements; control and coordination research for electric drive systems using multiple electric motors; regenerative braking to recoup braking energy; and high fidelity modeling to accelerate design and adoption of electrified commercial vehicles; friction and wear reduction; improved aerodynamics and tire rolling resistance; advanced lightweighting materials and vehicle designs; synthetic fuels from recycled CO 2 and other net-zero carbon liquid fuels; vehicle batteries, including— complete vehicle and battery pack modeling, simulation, and testing; and thermal management of battery systems; mild hybrid, heavy hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electric platforms, and energy storage technologies, including— identifying and developing solutions for technical barriers to advance batteries; electric drive systems; and charging and refueling systems for medium-duty goods and heavy-duty freight delivery vehicles; vehicle components, including— transmission and drivetrain optimization, including compact and efficient electric drivetrain systems; waste heat recovery and conversion; electrification of steering systems, braking systems, and accessory loads; onboard sensing, computing, and communications technologies; and advanced battery protection systems for safe handling of high voltage power; relevant infrastructure, including bidirectional capability, beyond megawatt charging, and increasing load capacity per vehicle; recharging infrastructure and compressed natural gas infrastructure; hydrogen vehicle technologies, including— fuel cells; hydrogen fueling infrastructure; the development of medium and heavy-duty refueling equipment design and concepts; synthetic fuels; onboard technologies for compressed and other advanced hydrogen storage systems; and advanced cooling technologies for fuel cell thermal management; retrofitting advanced energy technologies onto existing truck and bus fleets; assessment of automated and connected vehicle technologies; energy use strategies, including charging patterns that minimize impacts on the distribution grid and optimize the use of clean, low-cost generation resources; and integration of advanced systems onto a single truck and trailer platform or bus.
The Secretary shall award financial assistance for the research, development, and demonstration of the integration of multiple advanced energy technologies and advanced operational efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty platforms and trailers, including the integration of technologies specified in subsection (a). Applicants applying for assistance under paragraph
(1)may be comprised of truck and trailer manufacturers, engine and component manufacturers, hydrogen fuel cell and component manufacturers, public and private fleet owners and customers, university researchers, and other applicants determined by the Secretary.