(C) for any order received by the battery 
manufacturer for at least 1,000 batteries, offer 
batteries at that price. 
(b) ELECTRIC DRIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
a nationwide electric drive transportation education 
program under which the Secretary shall provide— 
(A) teaching materials to secondary schools 
and high schools; and 
(B) assistance for programs relating to 
electric drive system and component engineer-
ing to institutions of higher education. 
(2) ELECTRIC
VEHICLE
COMPETITION.—The 
program established under paragraph (1) shall in-
clude a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle competition for 
institutions of higher education, which shall be 
known as the ‘‘Dr. Andrew Frank Plug-In Hybrid 
Electric Vehicle Competition’’. 
(3) ENGINEERS.—In carrying out the program 
established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
provide financial assistance to institutions of higher 
education to create new, or support existing, degree 
programs to ensure the availability of trained elec-
trical and mechanical engineers with the skills nec-
essary for the advancement of— 
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(A) plug-in electric drive vehicles; and 
(B) other forms of electric drive vehicles. 
(4) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary to carry out this subsection such sums as may 
be necessary. 
SEC. 4. PLUG-IN HYBRID DEMONSTRATION VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall es-
tablish a program to make grants to owners of domestic 
motor vehicle manufacturing or production facilities for 
the production of plug-in hybrid electric motors or conver-
sion modules to be used as electricity storage capacity for 
utilities. 
(b) PROGRAMS.—The Secretary of Energy shall es-
tablish programs to determine how to best integrate plug- 
in hybrid vehicles into the electric power grid and into the 
overall electricity infrastructure. These programs shall be 
conducted in 5 separate regions across the United States 
at the discretion of the Secretary. 
(c) PILOT PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall establish 
during the first 6 months of 2008, with other govern-
mental entities, no less than 5 separate pilot programs to 
convert at least 1000 vehicles in each program to plug- 
hybrid electric vehicles. 
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(d) FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION.—The Department of 
Energy shall contribute up to 50 percent of the cost of 
conversion modules. 
(e) INSTALLATION.—Installations of electricity stor-
age devices shall be undertaken by trained and certified 
mechanics. 
(f) MONITORING.—The Secretary of Energy shall re-
quire the monitoring of reliability, efficiency, breakeven 
costs, and customer satisfaction for a period of 3 years. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5. INCENTIVE FOR FEDERAL AND STATE FLEETS FOR 
MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY HYBRIDS. 
Section 301 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13211) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or a dual 
fueled vehicle’’ and inserting ‘‘, a dual fueled vehicle, 
or a medium or heavy duty vehicle that is a hybrid 
vehicle’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (11), (12), 
(13), and (14) as paragraphs (12), (14), (15), and 
(16), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(11) the term ‘hybrid vehicle’ means a vehicle 
powered both by a diesel or gasoline engine and an 
electric motor or hydraulic energy storage device 
that is recharged as the vehicle operates;’’; and 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (12) (as so re-
designated by paragraph (2) of this section) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) the term ‘medium or heavy duty vehicle’ 
means a vehicle that— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a medium duty vehicle, 
has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 
8,500 pounds but not more than 14,000 
pounds; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a heavy duty vehicle, 
has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 
14,000 pounds;’’. 
SEC. 6. INCLUSION OF ELECTRIC DRIVE IN ENERGY POLICY 
ACT OF 1992. 
Section 508 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (42 
U.S.C. 13258) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ in subsection 
(a) and inserting ‘‘(1) The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the 
following: 
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‘‘(2) Not later than January 31, 2009, the Secretary 
shall allocate credit in an amount to be determined by the 
Secretary for acquisition of— 
‘‘(A) a hybrid electric vehicle; 
‘‘(B) a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; 
‘‘(C) a fuel cell electric vehicle; 
‘‘(D) a neighborhood electric vehicle; or 
‘‘(E) a medium-duty or heavy-duty electric, hy-
brid electric, hybrid hydraulic, or plug-in hybrid elec-
tric vehicle.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FUEL
CELL
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘fuel cell electric vehicle’ means an on-road or 
nonroad vehicle that uses a fuel cell (as defined in 
section 803 of the Spark M. Matsunaga Hydrogen 
Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 
2005 (42 U.S.C. 16152)). 
‘‘(2) HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The term 
‘hybrid electric vehicle’ means a new qualified hybrid 
motor vehicle (as defined in section 30B(d)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 
‘‘(3) MEDIUM-DUTY OR HEAVY-DUTY ELECTRIC, 
HYBRID ELECTRIC, OR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC 
VEHICLE.—The term ‘medium-duty or heavy-duty 
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electric, hybrid electric, or plug-in hybrid electric ve-
hicle’ is an electric, hybrid electric, or plug-in hybrid 
electric motor vehicle greater than 8,501 pounds 
gross vehicle rating. 
‘‘(4) NEIGHBORHOOD
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.— 
The term ‘neighborhood electric vehicle’ means a 4- 
wheeled on-road or nonroad vehicle, with a top at-
tainable speed in 1 mile of more than 20 mph and 
not more than 25 mph on a paved level surface, that 
is propelled by an electric motor and on board, re-
chargeable energy storage system that is recharge-
able using an off-board source of electricity. 
‘‘(5) PLUG-IN
HYBRID
ELECTRIC
VEHICLE.— 
The term ‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’ means a 
light-duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty on-road or 
nonroad vehicle that is propelled by any combination 
of— 
‘‘(A) an electric motor and on-board, re-
chargeable energy storage system capable of op-
erating the vehicle in intermittent or continuous 
all-electric mode and which is rechargeable 
using an off-board source of electricity; and 
‘‘(B) an internal combustion engine or 
heat engine using any combustible fuel. 
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(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Such sums as may be necessary are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this subsection. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) NONROAD VEHICLE.—The term ‘‘nonroad 
vehicle’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
216 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7550), or vehi-
cles of the same classification that are fully or par-
tially powered by an electric motor powered by a fuel 
cell, a battery, or an off-board source of electricity. 
(2) PLUG-IN ELECTRIC DRIVE VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘plug-in electric drive vehicle’’ means a means 
a light-duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty on-road or 
nonroad battery electric, hybrid or fuel cell vehicle 
that can be recharged from an external electricity 
source for motive power. 
(3) PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE.—The 
term ‘‘plug-in hybrid electric vehicle’’ means a light- 
duty, medium-duty, or heavy-duty on-road or 
nonroad vehicle that is propelled by any combination 
of— 
(A) an electric motor and on-board, re-
chargeable energy storage system capable of op-
erating the vehicle in intermittent or continuous 
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all-electric mode and which is rechargeable 
using an off-board source of electricity; and 
(B) an internal combustion engine or heat 
engine using any combustible fuel. 
Æ 
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