Fig. 3.2-1
The change in emphasis from heat engine propulsion programs to electric and hybrid propulsion programs at DOE is clearly shown in Figure 3.2-1 taken from Reference 5. The effect on the dollar value of the change in DOE’s emphasis to electric powered vehicles on R&D/infrastructure programs in California is shown in Table 3.2-2 taken from Reference 7. Note that in the time period 1995-2000, work on electric and hybrid vehicle R&D averaged about $16 million per year representing about 65% of the federal funding for R&D/infrastructure programs in California.
California has two DOE National Laboratories – Lawrence Livermore National Lab and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab – that have been heavily involved with research for electric and hybrid vehicles. The large expansion of such research in DOE and industry benefited those laboratories and the University of California campuses with which they are associated.
Table 3.2-2: California Share of the Federal R&D/Infrastructure Programs relating to AFVs
 Source: reference 7
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