Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976, United States
Published: September 4, 2008, 10:15 pm
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Cutler J. ClevelandThe Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976, part of the Public Health and Welfare Act, gave the US Department of Energy (DOE) the responsibility to research and develop electric and hybrid vehicles. In the years following its enactment, the DOE sponsored the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerospace Corporation for their research through computer simulations and actual designs, constructions, and tests of prototypes of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Through the Act, Congress hoped to increase collaboration with the automobile industry to improve batteries, motors, controllers, and other hybrid-electric components. The Act also directed the Energy Research and Development Agency (ERDA) to set standards for vehicle performance. In an effort to demonstrate the practicality of hybrid-electric vehicles and to raise public awareness of these technologies, the ERDA was mandated to purchase several thousand electric or hybrid vehicles between 1978 and 1982. Congress amended the Act when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) agreed to initiate and support research and development of ground propulsion technology if given adequate government funding.
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Ida Kubiszewski PhD (Lead Author);Cutler J. Cleveland (Topic Editor) "Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976, United States". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 4, 2008; Last revised Date September 4, 2008; Retrieved May 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Electric_and_Hybrid_Vehicle_Research,_Development,_and_Demonstration_Act_of_1976,_United_States>
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Dr. Ida Kubiszewski is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at Australian National University. She is also a co-founder and former-Managing Editor the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Kubiszewki is currently working as the Managing Editor for a magazine/journal hybrid called Solutions. Solutions is an outlet for discussions focusing on solutions to the complex problems we are now facing in ... (Full Bio)
The Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976, part of the Public Health and Welfare Act, gave the US Department of Energy (DOE) the responsibility to research and develop electric and hybrid vehicles. In the years following its enactment, the DOE sponsored the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerospace Corporation for their research through computer simulations and actual designs, constructions, and tests of prototypes of electric and hybrid vehicles.
Through the Act, Congress hoped to increase collaboration with the automobile industry to improve batteries, motors, controllers, and other hybrid-electric components. The Act also directed the Energy Research and Development Agency (ERDA) to set standards for vehicle performance. In an effort to demonstrate the practicality of hybrid-electric vehicles and to raise public awareness of these technologies, the ERDA was mandated to purchase several thousand electric or hybrid vehicles between 1978 and 1982. Congress amended the Act when the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) agreed to initiate and support research and development of ground propulsion technology if given adequate government funding.
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