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commercial applications, and if so, whether those tech-
nologies are manufactured in the United States. 
SEC. 106. REPORTING. 
At the end of each fiscal year the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the relevant Congressional committees of jurisdic-
tion an annual report describing activities undertaken in 
the previous year under this title, active industry partici-
pants, efforts to recruit new participants, progress of the 
program in meeting goals and timelines, and a strategic 
plan for funding of activities across agencies. 
SEC. 107. INNOVATIVE AUTOMOTIVE DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall establish an Innovative Auto-
motive Demonstration Program, within the existing Vehi-
cle Technologies Program, to encourage the introduction 
of new vehicles into the marketplace that are designed in 
their entirety to achieve very high energy efficiency but 
still provide the capabilities required by the American con-
sumer. This program shall encourage introduction of new 
light duty vehicles into the marketplace capable of achiev-
ing energy efficiencies significantly greater than required 
under current and pending Federal Corporate Average 
Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. This program shall 
also encourage the use of materials and manufacturing 
techniques that minimize environmental impacts. Awards 
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under this section shall be made on a competitive basis 
for demonstration of vehicles that— 
(1) carry at least four passengers; 
(2) meet all Federal safety requirements; 
(3) achieve at least 70 miles per gallon or the 
equivalent on the Environmental Protection Agency 
drive cycle; 
(4) provide vehicle performance that is judged 
acceptable to the United States consumer; 
(5) be affordable to the American consumer; 
(6) use materials and manufacturing processes 
that minimize environmental impacts; 
(7) meet all Federal and State emission re-
quirements; and 
(8) provide new high technology engineering 
and production employment opportunities. 
TITLE II—MEDIUM AND HEAVY 
DUTY 
COMMERCIAL 
AND 
TRANSIT VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in partnership 
with relevant research and development programs in other 
Federal agencies, and a range of appropriate industry 
stakeholders, shall carry out a program of cooperative re-
search, development, demonstration, and commercial ap-
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plication activities on advanced technologies for medium- 
to heavy-duty commercial, recreational, and transit vehi-
cles, including activities in the areas of— 
(1) engine efficiency and combustion research; 
(2) on board storage technologies for com-
pressed and liquefied natural gas; 
(3) development and integration of engine tech-
nologies designed for natural gas operation of a vari-
ety of vehicle platforms; 
(4) waste heat recovery and conversion; 
(5) improved aerodynamics and tire rolling re-
sistance; 
(6) energy and space-efficient emissions control 
systems; 
(7) heavy hybrid, hybrid hydraulic, plug-in hy-
brid, and electric platforms, and energy storage 
technologies; 
(8) drivetrain optimization; 
(9) friction and wear reduction; 
(10) engine idle and parasitic energy loss reduc-
tion; 
(11) electrification of accessory loads; 
(12) onboard sensing and communications tech-
nologies; 
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(13) advanced lightweighting materials and ve-
hicle designs; 
(14) increasing load capacity per vehicle; 
(15) thermal management of battery systems; 
(16) recharging infrastructure; 
(17) complete vehicle modeling and simulation; 
(18) hydrogen vehicle technologies, including 
fuel cells and internal combustion engines, and hy-
drogen infrastructure; 
(19) retrofitting advanced technologies onto ex-
isting truck fleets; and 
(20) 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; 
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(2) regularly convene workshops, site visits, 
demonstrations, conferences, investor forums, and 
other events in which information and research find-
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 
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