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SUMMARY:U.S. DOE ARPAE - DE-FOA-0002760: Electric Vehicles for American Lo
 w-Carbon Living (EVs4ALL)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220616
DTSTAMP:20260502T031009Z
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:AIM: As the U.S. works to decarbonize the transportation secto
 r and produce an increasing amount of “clean” (zero emission) electric
 ity\, electric vehicles (EVs) become logical alternatives to internal comb
 ustion engines (ICEs). However\, to accelerate and/or broaden EV adoption\
 , consumer-centric considerations need to be more thoroughly addressed\, i
 ncluding cost\, convenience\, reliability\, and safety. Although it is exp
 ected that EVs will continue to gain market share domestically\, significa
 ntly more effort is required to address and remove key technology barriers
  to EV adoption among a greater percentage of the population. In response 
 to these challenges\, ARPA-E's Electric Vehicles for American Low-Carbon L
 iving (EVs4ALL) program will focus on advancing next-generation battery te
 chnologies that have the potential to significantly improve affordability\
 , convenience\, reliability\, and safety of EVs compared to those availabl
 e today. If the EVs4ALL program can successfully achieve its primary objec
 tive\, which is to increase domestic EV adoption through elimination of ke
 y battery detractors such as slow charge time\, disappointing winter perfo
 rmance\, concerns regarding resilience and high cost\, it will directly im
 pact three ARPA-E mission areas as follows:\n\n	80% adoption of electrical
 ly powered passenger cars in the U.S. could reduce annual energy consumpti
 on by 4 quadrillion British Thermal Units (Quads)\, thereby improving the 
 energy efficiency of the sector.\n	80% adoption of electrically powered ca
 rs could reduce overall CO2 emissions by 800 million tons/year\, thereby r
 educing energy-related emissions.\n	 \n	Solutions to the missions above m
 ay also target the utilization of “noncritical” battery materials in o
 rder to address supply chain risk and drive down cost\, thereby reducing i
 mports of critical metals and supporting ARPA-E’s energy independence mi
 ssion.\n\n\nAREAS OF INTEREST: The overarching goal of the EVs4ALL program
  is to leverage new battery innovations at the material\, electrode\, and 
 cell design level to mitigate the primary EV adoption detractors to the gr
 eatest extent possible. Specific program objectives considered to be criti
 cal for accomplishing this mission include the following:\n\n\n	Achieve a 
 charge rate that is equivalent to restoring 80% of cell nominal capacity i
 n 5-15 minutes.\n	Reduce low temperature battery performance losses by at 
 least 50%.\n	Retain a minimum of 90% capacity (relative to initial values)
  after the battery has delivered 200\,000 miles of equivalent and cumulati
 ve range.\n	Identify a compelling pathway to a battery cost of < $75/kWh a
 t credible commercial scale.\n	Implement both new and existing test protoc
 ols to verify safety of new battery chemistries and cell designs.\n\n\nDEA
 DLINE: Required Concept Papers (4 pages in length including graphics\, fig
 ures\, and/or tables): June 16\, 2022\nFull Applications: TBD\n\nELIGIBILI
 TY: EPFL researchers are eligible to participate as subawardee or as a pri
 me if they possess skills\, resources and abilities that do not exist amon
 g potential applicants in the U.S. Let the Research Office know if you wis
 h to apply as a prime and if a waiver is needed.\n\nFUNDING: Individual aw
 ards may vary between $1 million and $6 million in Federal share. The peri
 od of performance for funding agreements may not exceed 36 months. ARPA-E 
 expects the start date for funding agreements to be March 2023\, or as neg
 otiated.\n\nHOW TO APPLY: Get in touch with potential partners in the U.S.
  if you wish to participate as a partner in a collaborative project. To ap
 ply as a prime\, Applicants must register with and submit application mate
 rials through ARPA-E eXCHANGE (https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/Registration.
 aspx ).\n\nFOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please refer to the DE-FOA-0002760 (a 
 Q&A webpage is available) and contact the Research Office for any question
  and assistance.\n\n 
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