ASSESSMENT OF BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ELCTRIC VEHICLES: VOLUME 1

To help guide future EV battery R&D programs, the US Department of Energy (DOE) commissioned a comprehensive assessment of viable secondary battery technologies. A total of 55 battery developers - from the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Africa - were solicited to submit battery design concepts for an "improved Dual-Shaft Electric Propulsion" (IDSEP) van. A team of 7 representatives from DOE laboratories and 10 independent EV and battery consultants evaluated 42 design concepts. Using six criteria - five technical/economic criteria and a maturity/technical barriers criterion - the Assessment Team identified 12 most-promising batteries.