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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6196.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6196.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6196.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Acronyms." National Research Council. 1998. Effectiveness of the United States Advanced Battery Consortium as a Government-Industry Partnership. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/6196.
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