TITLE: Future of DOE's Automotive Research Programs

CIS-NO: 2003-H701-13  
SOURCE: Committee on Science. House  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DATE: Feb. 7, 2002  
LENGTH: v+123 p.  
CONG-SESS: 107-2  
ITEM-NO: 1025-A-01; 1025-A-02  
SUDOC: Y4.SCI2:107-82  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29411-2.

SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 107-82. Hearing to examine DOE alternative automotive technology development priorities, in light of recent DOE decision to transition from Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) program objectives to FreedomCAR program, a public-private R&D partnership to develop hydrogen fuel cell technologies for use in transportation (Committee witness list and hearing charter, p. 2-7).
 
PNGV focused on development of fuel-efficient vehicles, capable of meeting Federal safety and emission standards.
 
Supplementary material (p. 81-123) includes witnesses' written replies to Committee questions, a submitted statement, and an article.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Fuel cell technologies for transportation use, DOE programs review

DESCRIPTORS:  
    AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; ENERGY RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS; HYDROGEN; MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUST; PETROLEUM CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

03-H701-13 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Feb. 7, 2002 p. 12-98, 104-115
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   GARMAN, DAVID K. (Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE)
   ROAN, VERNON P. (Vice Chair, Standing Committee To Review the Research Program of the PNGV, National Research Council (NRC))
   SPERLING, DANIEL (Director, Institution of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis)
   WITSCHONKE, ROSS P. (Vice President and General Manager, Electric Drives and Power Conversion Division, Ballard Power Systems; also representing National Hydrogen Association)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Examination of FreedomCAR program objectives and technological strategies; explanation of differences between FreedomCAR and PNGV programs, with rationale for DOE focus on fuel cell development; overview of DOE goals and timeframes for fuel cell technology development.
   Summary of NRC review of PNGV research goals, with enumeration of PNGV accomplishments and recommendations; support for DOE emphasis on fuel cell technology development and transition from PNGV to FreedomCAR program.
 
INSERTION:
   -- Sperling, D., "Public-Private Technology R&D Partnerships: Lessons from U.S. Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles" Transport Policy Journal, with bibliography (p. 104-115).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Fuel cell technologies for transportation use, DOE programs review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; NATIONAL HYDROGEN ASSOCIATION; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

LOAD-DATE: July 30, 2003