This Funding Opportunity Announcement supports Department of Energy's strategic goal of protecting the U. S. national and economic security by reducing imports and promoting a diverse supply of reliable, affordable, and environmentally sound energy.
More specifically, this Funding Opportunity
Announcement helps to achieve, by 2020, U. S. petroleum reduction of over 2. 5 billion gallons per year through voluntary adoption of alternative fuel vehicles and infrastructure.
This Funding Opportunity Announcement will include two (2) areas of interest:
1) Extreme Fast Charging Systems for Electric Vehicles and 2) Batteries for Extreme Fast Charging.
These topics will be detailed in later sections of this Funding Opportunity Announcement.
Information on where to submit questions regarding the content of the announcement and where to submit questions regarding submission of applications is found in the full Funding Opportunity Announcement posted on the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Exchange website.