National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Advanced Vehicles and Fuels Research

Projects

NREL's advanced vehicles and fuels research projects support our mission to reduce the nation's dependence on foreign oil and improve air quality by developing and demonstrating innovative advanced vehicle systems and fuels technologies.

Our work brings innovation and technical value through partnerships with light, medium, and heavy vehicle manufacturers, equipment suppliers, fuel providers, and others who are working to develop and commercialize advanced technology and alternative fuel vehicle systems and fuels that meet our nation's energy and environmental goals.

• Advanced Heavy Hybrid Propulsion Systems
• Advanced Petroleum Based Fuels
• Energy Storage
• Fleet Test and Evaluation
• Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
• Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicles
• New Fuels Technology Impacts
• Nonpetroleum-Based Fuels
• Power Electronics
• ReFUEL Laboratory
• Regulatory Support
• Technology Integration
• Vehicle Ancillary Loads Reduction
• Vehicle Systems Analysis