3.0.0 1225 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z 2023-01-11T13:36:24Z Senate S 2017-05-24 115 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-05-24T20:35:16Z Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017 115 4050 HR 2018-05-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Identical bill CRS Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017 115 1460 S 2017-09-19 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-485. Related bill CRS 2017-05-24 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. IntroReferral 2017-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2017-05-24 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2017-05-24 True P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2017-05-24 True Transportation and Public Works Air quality Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles Manufacturing Materials Motor fuels Motor vehicles Oil and gas Performance measurement Public transit Research and development Solid waste and recycling Technology assessment Technology transfer and commercialization Transportation and Public Works 00 2017-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2018-05-02T20:36:20Z Vehicle Innovation Act of 2017

This bill authorizes appropriations to the Department of Energy (DOE) for research, development, engineering, demonstration, and commercial application of vehicles and related technologies for FY2018-FY2022.

The bill requires DOE to:

  • conduct a program of research, development, engineering, demonstration, and commercial application activities (R&D activities) on materials, technologies, and processes with the potential to substantially reduce or eliminate petroleum use and the emissions of U.S. passenger and commercial vehicles;
  • ensure that it continues to support R&D activities and maintains competency in mid- to long-term transformational vehicle technologies with potential to achieve reductions in emissions;
  • carry out a research, development, and demonstration program on the secondary uses of electric vehicle batteries and develop guidelines for projects that demonstrate the secondary uses and innovative recycling of such batteries;
  • carry out a program of R&D activities on advanced vehicle manufacturing technologies and practices;
  • carry out a program of cooperative research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities on advanced technologies for medium- to heavy-duty commercial, vocational, recreational, and transit vehicles;
  • conduct a competitive grant program to demonstrate the integration of multiple advanced technologies on Class 8 (heavy-duty) truck and trailer platforms;
  • develop standard testing procedures and technologies for evaluating the performance of advanced heavy vehicle technologies under a range of representative duty cycles and operating conditions and evaluate heavy vehicle performance using work performance-based metrics other than those based on miles per gallon and appropriate metrics based on the work performed by nonroad systems; and
  • undertake a pilot program of research, development, demonstration, and commercial applications of technologies to improve total machine or system efficiency for nonroad mobile equipment and seek opportunities to transfer relevant research findings and technologies between the nonroad and on-highway equipment and vehicle sectors.

DOE may construct heavy-duty truck and bus testing facilities.

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