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While no single strategy will transform the United States from imported petroleum dependency in the near term, addressing energy source and consumption in the transportation sector is particularly critical to enable individual companies to make decisions regarding the high-volume commercialization of vehicles and fuels that will enable that future.

The Vehicle Technologies Program's approach to implementing research and development activities emphasizes partnerships with industry and academia to develop and validate technologies. This approach ensures that

  1. The nation's best resources are applied to research and development activities,
  2. Maximum technology transfer takes place, and
  3. Government resources are leveraged by industry resources.
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FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership: Aimed at developing technologies that could potentially transform the U.S. personal transportation system to one that uses sustainable energy resources and produces minimal criteria or net carbon emissions on a life cycle or well-to-wheel basis. The goal is fundamental and dramatic — the development of emission- and petroleum-free cars and light trucks. The Partnership focuses on the high-risk research needed to develop the necessary technologies, such as fuel cells and advanced hybrid propulsion systems, to provide a full range of affordable cars and light trucks that are free of foreign oil and harmful emissions — and that do not sacrifice freedom of mobility and freedom of vehicle choice.

   
21st Century Truck Partnership Logo

21st Century Truck Partnership: Aimed at developing the technologies for our nation's trucks and buses that could safely and cost-effectively move larger volumes of freight and greater numbers of passengers while emitting little or no pollution, with dramatic reduction in dependence on imported oil