Appendix C Acronyms
ALABC
Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium
ANL
Argonne National Laboratory
CARB
California Air Resources Board
CRADA
cooperative research and development agreement
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
EPACT
Energy Policy Act of 1992
EPRI
Electric Power Research Institute
EV
electric vehicle
ETR
exploratory technology research
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation
FMEA
failure modes and effects analysis
FY
fiscal year
GAO
General Accounting Office
GM
General Motors Corporation
GMO
GM-Ovonic
ICE
internal combustion engine
JPL
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Li/FeS2
lithium-iron disulfide
Na/S
sodium-sulfur
Ni/MH
nickel metal hydride
Ni/Cd
nickel cadmium
NRC
National Research Council
OAAT
Office of Advanced Automotive Technologies (U.S. Department of Energy)
OTT
Office of Transportation Technologies (U.S. Department of Energy)
PNGV
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles
R&D
research and development
RFPI
request for proposal information
TAC
technical advisory committee
USABC
United States Advanced Battery Consortium
USCAR
United States Council for Automotive Research
ZEV
zero emission vehicle