[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31465]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993; PNGV Electrochemical Energy Storage Technical 
Team

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 30, 1996, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), General Motors 
Corporation filed notifications simultaneously with the Attorney 
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities 
of the parties to and (2) the nature and objectives of a research and 
development venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of 
invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under the specified circumstances. 
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are 
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn 
Hills, MI; and Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI.
    The parties have established an Electrochemical Energy Storage 
Technical Team to conduct join research aimed at developing and 
demonstrating the viability of lightweight, compact, high power energy 
storage devices, capable of storing and releasing energy at high power 
levels at very high levels of efficiency in automotive applications. 
The research and development activities of this group involve efforts 
to reduce the weight and cost of high power electrochemical batteries 
while improving their power, performance, efficiency, durability and 
cycle life as well as pursuing material advancements which will be 
required to improve the specific energy and reduce the cost of ultra 
capacitors, while not adversely affecting their high power capability, 
efficiency or cycle life. The results of this effort will support the 
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) and allow each 
party to better serve its customers around the world. PNGV is the joint 
effort of the Federal Government and the U.S. auto industry to develop 
affordable, fuel-efficient, low-emission automobiles that meet today's 
performance standards. To meet these objectives, the parties will 
collect, exchange and analyze research information, interact with 
government, auto industry and other entities interested in this area 
and perform other acts allowed by the Act that would advance these 
goals.
    Contact: Steven J. Cernak, General Motors Corporation Legal Staff, 
3031 West Grand Boulevard, P.O. Box 33122, M.C. 482-207-700, Detroit, 
MI 48232, (313) 974-7735.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-31465 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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