Discussions are underway to bring other U.S. companies into the consortium.
The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Heavy Vehicle Technology provided key funding for development of the refuelable zinc-air technology to date. Livermore Lab is operated for DOE by the University of California. Zinc-air fuel cells mix zinc pellets and electrolyte with air to create electricity. They create five times as much power as lead-acid batteries of the same weight. The Livermore design is unique because it is refuelable.