U.S. DRIVE - Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle Efficiency and Energy Sustainability

Country / jurisdiction: United States · Year: 2002 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

U.S. DRIVE (formerly known as FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership), which stands for Driving Research and Innovation for Vehicle efficiency and Energy sustainability, facilitates pre-competitive technical information exchange among experts who interact as equal partners to discuss R&D needs, develop joint goals and technology-specific roadmaps, and evaluate R&D progress for a broad range of technical areas. This collaboration enables peers to discuss pre-competitive R&D needs, identify solutions, and track progress toward shared technical goals. Additionally, it helps avoid duplicative efforts and ensures that publicly-funded research yields valuable results and addresses significant barriers to technology commercialization.

U.S. DRIVE partners include the automobile industry, electric utilities, fuels industry, and federal government.

Official source: https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/us-drive