On October 15, 2009, the Senate approved the FY 2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Conference Report and the bill was subsequently signed by President Obama. Some vehicle-related budgetary items include the following:
ATVM Program
• $20 million provided for administrative purposes. • Includes provision that would require DOE to reconsider applications that were filed prior to Jan. 1, 2009 involving ultra efficient vehicles (i.e., fully enclosed compartment vehicles designed to carry at least 2 persons) – the provision was added to cover Aptera’s 3 wheeled electric vehicle
Hydrogen Technology
• Provides $174 million for hydrogen and fuel cell technologies under the Fuel Cell Technology and Vehicle Technology program areas.
Ethanol
• Provides $7.5 million for coordination with the Vehicle Technologies program to expand and accelerate testing of intermediate fuel blends of ethanol and gasoline.
Vehicle Technologies
• provides $311,365,000 for Vehicle Technologies
Natural gas vehicles
• $5,000,000 for natural gas vehicle research and development.
Earmarks
• Boulder SmartGridCity - Plug-In Electric Hybrid Vehicles - $500,000 • Fast Charging Electric Vehicle Demonstration Project in Charlottesville, Virginia - $500,000 • HyperCAST R&D Funding for Vehicle Energy Efficiency (CO) - $750,000 • Multi-Hybrid Power Vehicles with Cost Effective and Durable Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell and Lithium Ion Battery for Ohio University - $600,000 • R&D of Clean Vehicle Technology - $1 million • San Francisco Electric Vehicle Initiative - $1million • Advanced Battery Manufacturing - $200k • Lithium Ion Battery for Ohio University - $600k
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