Vehicles

The U.S. Department of Energy funds R&D to develop energy efficient and environmentally friendly vehicle technologies. Learn about the DOE Vehicles Technologies Program and initiatives, using efficient vehicles, and access vehicle and fuel information.

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The U.S. Department of Energy funds R&D to develop energy efficient and environmentally friendly vehicle technologies.

Programs and Initiatives

Vehicles Technologies Program
Develops energy-efficient and environmentally friendly vehicle and fuel technologies. Program Fact Sheet

Clean Cities strives to advance the nation's economic, environmental, and energy security by supporting local decisions to adopt practices that contribute to the reduction of petroleum consumption.

EcoCAR Competition is a 3-year collegiate advanced vehicle technology engineering competition.

EV Everywhere focuses on enabling U.S. companies to be the first in the world to produce plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are as affordable and convenient for the average American family as today's gasoline-powered vehicles within the next ten years.