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High-Risk, High-Payoff Vehicle Technology Research Should Continue

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Thursday, July 16, 2009

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership, a vehicle research and technology-development program, should continue to be structured around technologies that could prove transformational, says a new report from the National Research Council. In addition to an emphasis on technologies for the near term, there should be continued investment in long-term, high-risk technologies with strong potential to reduce petroleum use and emissions, such as hydrogen vehicle technology.


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