Recovery Act Announcement: President Obama Announces $2.4 Billion for Electric Vehicles

March 19, 2009

President Barack Obama today announced the launch of two major programs that will drive the development of the next generation of electric vehicles in the United States and support the growth of domestic jobs. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the U.S. Department of Energy announced the release of two competitive solicitations for up to $2 billion in federal funding for competitively awarded cost-shared agreements for manufacturing of advanced batteries and related drive components as well as up to $400 million for transportation electrification demonstration and deployment projects.

By contributing to the reduction of petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions, these projects will advance the United States' economic recovery, national energy security, and environmental sustainability. Today's announcement will also help meet the president's goal of putting one million plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road by 2015.

This funding has been divided between two new Funding Opportunity Announcements:

• Recovery Act - Transportation Electrification (DE-FOA-0000026)
• Recovery Act - Electric Drive Vehicle Battery and Component Manufacturing Initiative (DE-FOA-0000028)

To access these Funding Opportunity Announcements, please follow these steps:

1. Go to the FedConnect Web site.
2. Click on "Search Public Opportunities and Awards."
3. Under "Search Criteria," select "Reference Number" from the drop-down menu.
4. Type the funding opportunity number of the opportunity you are interested in reviewing—DE-FOA-0000026 or DE-FOA-0000028.
5. Click on "Search." Select the opportunity that appears.
6. Look in the right column. Beneath a folder called "00001" is a file called "Body." Click on this to open the text of the opportunity.