NETL recognized for efforts to evolve advanced vehicle technologies

National Energy Technology Laboratory

National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL’s) work to evolve advanced vehicle technologies, including electric vehicles, and expand their use on U.S. highways has been recognized for excellence by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy’s Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO).

Each year, VTO presents awards to individuals and teams from partner institutions for their contributions and to recognize research, development, demonstration, and deployment achievements in specific areas.

NETL’s Brett Aristegui, Dan Nardozzi, Trev Hall, David Kirschner, Neil Kirschner, Erin Russell-Story, and Darren Stevenson have received a 2022 Team Award recognizing their dedication to VTO projects and commitment to the national network of Clean Cities Coalitions. Since 2006, NETL has supported DOE’s Clean Cities program, which fosters U.S. economic, environmental, and energy security by working locally to advance affordable, domestic transportation fuels; energy-efficient mobility systems; and other fuel-saving technologies and practices.

NETL, a U.S. DOE national laboratory, houses the DOE Clean Cities regional managers, who assist and guide a nationwide network of DOE-designated Clean Cities Coalitions. The Clean Cities network includes approximately 20,000 stakeholders who work together to advance new and energy-efficient transportation fuels and technologies. Annually, this effort reduces and replaces the use of approximately 1 billion gasoline-gallon equivalents of conventional fuels in the transportation sector.

NETL’s team directly supports the VTO from early-stage research and development to deployment activities. Technology areas under VTO include batteries, charging and EVs, advanced engines and fuels, lightweight materials, and technology integration. NETL’s involvement includes executing funding opportunities, negotiating and managing resulting projects, coordinating interagency agreements, and managing contracts to support opportunities using renewable and alternative fuels.