GE’s $6.8M investment in electric vehicle tech to involve nano

October 26, 2007 — GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of the General Electric Co., has announced $6.8 million in funding for two projects with the U.S. Department of Energy to help accelerate the introduction of plug-in hybrid vehicles to market. Researchers will use expertise from the GE Center’s Nanotechnology Advanced Technology Program to drive key nanomaterial advancements to deliver an increase in machine efficiency.

The first project is a $5.6 million contract to develop smaller, lower cost, higher performing hybrid drivetrain motors for hybrid electric vehicles. The second is a $1.2 million project to develop advanced high temperature, high energy density capacitors. Both technologies are critical to helping enable the commercialization of plug-in hybrid vehicles. These projects are co-funded by the DOE’s Office of Vehicle Technologies and managed by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).

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