New paradigms emerging in transportation and information and communication technology create opportunities to better understand and leverage the interactions between travelers, vehicles, and the built environment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy. The U.S. Department of Energy's SMART (Systems and Modeling for Accelerated Research in Transportation) Mobility Initiative recognizes and harnesses these megatrends by elevating DOE's traditional transportation energy focus beyond the vehicle component technology level to transportation-asa-system analysis, modeling and simulation, and applied research and development in 5 interrelated topics: connected and automated vehicles, mobility decision science, urban science, vehicles and infrastructure, and multi-modal.
Initiative Description and ImpactNew paradigms emerging in transportation and information and communication technology create opportunities to better understand and leverage the interactions between travelers, vehicles, and the built environment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and save energy. Research led by key stakeholders in the US and abroad suggests vast energy implications related to transportation system efficiencies. Vehicle connectivity and automation alone has been projected to have a potential impact between −90 % and +200 % to greenhouse gas emissions relative to the U.
Affordable, reliable, high performance materials and manufacturing technologies are key for transformational technology advancements in critical domestic energy applications. However, many materials discoveries in the laboratory either never reach widespread market deployment or spend decades in the development cycle at an extremely high cost. In response, the U.S. Department of Energy has established the Energy Materials Network (EMN) to accelerate the materials-to-market process by better integrating the stages from materials discovery through qualification. The EMN is a network of National Lab-led consortia that support both industry-guided and government-led research on specific energy-related material challenges. The EMN framework facilitates industry stakeholder engagement to ensure that research is immediately relevant, with high-impact commercial potential. To date, EMN consortia have been set up in seven technology areas. This paper describes the vision of the EMN as an enduring national resource, and discusses recent accomplishments in the current network of EMN consortia.
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