The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) intends to issue, on behalf of the Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Fiscal Year 2020 Advanced Vehicle Technologies Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA).”

Vehicles move our national economy. Annually, vehicles transport 11 billion tons of freight – about $35 billion worth of goods each day1 – and move people more than 3 trillion vehicle- miles.

Growing our economy requires transportation, and transportation requires energy. The transportation sector accounts for about 70 percent of U.S. petroleum consumption. With 11 percent (net) of U.S. petroleum consumption being imported, the U.S. annually sends over $50 billion dollars abroad for crude oil.4 Oil price volatility affects not only our national economy but also American household budgets, as transportation is the second most expensive spending category, after housing.

VTO supports a broad portfolio of advanced vehicle technologies that can strengthen national security, enable future economic growth, support American energy dominance, and increase transportation affordability for all Americans. This portfolio includes advanced batteries, electric drive systems; smart charging technologies; energy efficient mobility technologies and systems; advanced combustion engines and fuels; materials for vehicle light-weighting; technology integration, which includes work with the national network of Clean Cities coalitions; and transportation and energy analysis.