(19) complete vehicle and power pack modeling, 
simulation, and testing; 
(20) hydrogen vehicle technologies, including 
fuel cells and internal combustion engines, and hy-
drogen infrastructure; 
(21) retrofitting advanced technologies onto ex-
isting truck fleets; 
(22) advanced boosting systems; 
(23) engine down speeding; and 
(24) integration of these and other advanced 
systems onto a single truck and trailer platform. 
(b) LEADERSHIP.—The Secretary shall appoint a 
full-time Director to coordinate research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application activities in 
medium- to heavy-duty commercial, recreational, and tran-
sit vehicle technologies. Responsibilities of the Director 
shall be to— 
(1) improve coordination and develop consensus 
between government agency and industry partners, 
and propose new processes for program management 
and priority setting to better align activities and 
budgets among partners; 
(2) regularly convene workshops, site visits, 
demonstrations, conferences, investor forums, and 
other events in which information and research find-
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ings are shared among program participants and in-
terested stakeholders; 
(3) develop a budget for the Department’s ac-
tivities with regard to the interagency program, and 
provide consultation and guidance on vehicle tech-
nology funding priorities across agencies; 
(4) determine a process for reviewing program 
technical goals, targets, and timetables and, where 
applicable, aided by life-cycle impact and cost anal-
ysis, propose revisions or elimination based on pro-
gram progress, available funding, and rate of tech-
nology adoption; 
(5) evaluate ongoing activities of the program 
and recommend project modifications, including the 
termination of projects, where applicable; 
(6) recruit new industry participants to the 
interagency program, including truck, trailer, and 
component manufacturers who have not traditionally 
participated in federally sponsored research and 
technology development activities; and 
(7) other responsibilities as determined by the 
Secretary, in consultation with interagency and in-
dustry partners. 
(c) REPORTING.—At the end of each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Congress an annual report 
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describing activities undertaken in the previous year, ac-
tive industry participants, efforts to recruit new partici-
pants, progress of the program in meeting goals and 
timelines, and a strategic plan for funding of activities 
across agencies. 
SEC. 202. CLASS 8 TRUCK AND TRAILER SYSTEMS DEM-
ONSTRATION. 
The Secretary shall conduct a competitive grant pro-
gram to demonstrate the integration of multiple advanced 
technologies on Class 8 truck and trailer platforms with 
a goal of improving overall freight efficiency, as measured 
in tons and volume of freight hauled or other work per-
formance-based metrics, by 50 percent, including a com-
bination of technologies listed in section 201(a). Applicant 
teams may be comprised of truck and trailer manufactur-
ers, engine and component manufacturers, fleet cus-
tomers, university researchers, and other applicants as ap-
propriate for the development and demonstration of inte-
grated Class 8 truck and trailer systems. 
SEC. 203. TECHNOLOGY TESTING AND METRICS. 
The Secretary, in coordination with the partners of 
the interagency research program described in section 
201(a)— 
(1) shall develop standard testing procedures 
and technologies for evaluating the performance of 
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advanced heavy vehicle technologies under a range of 
representative duty cycles and operating conditions, 
including for heavy hybrid propulsion systems; 
(2) shall evaluate heavy vehicle performance 
using work performance-based metrics other than 
those based on miles per gallon, including those 
based on units of volume and weight transported for 
freight applications, and appropriate metrics based 
on the work performed by nonroad systems; and 
(3) may construct heavy duty truck and bus 
testing facilities. 
SEC. 204. NONROAD SYSTEMS PILOT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall undertake a pilot program of re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
plications of technologies to improve total machine or sys-
tem efficiency for nonroad mobile equipment including ag-
ricultural and construction equipment, and shall seek op-
portunities to transfer relevant research findings and tech-
nologies between the nonroad and on-highway equipment 
and vehicle sectors. 
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