Transportation and Mobility Research
NREL's fundamental transportation research, engineering, and analysis catalyze the development of affordable, high-performance, energy-efficient passenger and freight vehicles as well as domestic alternative fuels and related infrastructure.
Cutting-Edge R&D Areas
Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
Our research and development helps advance the science behind emerging hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and develop and validate new cost-effective, high-performance systems for transportation.
Safety, Codes, and Standards
Systems Analysis
Technology Validation
Accelerating Technology Innovation
As the nation's premier facility for energy-efficient transportation research, NREL blazes new trails with novel approaches focusing on:
- Delivering state-of-the-art, cost-competitive solutions
- Providing vital scientific building blocks and early-stage research and engineering
- Diversifying transportation energy sources
- Helping the U.S. industry remain at the forefront of sustainable transportation innovation.
R&D Partnerships
Our transportation research bridges technologies via partnerships across NREL and the U.S. Department of Energy. Learn how to work with us.