Special Programs
ChallengeX
General Motors Corporation (GM), DOE, and other government and industry leaders have developed a new competition called Challenge X: Crossover to Sustainable Mobility. This ground-breaking, three-year competition will give engineering schools an opportunity to participate in hands-on research and development with leading-edge automotive propulsion, fuels, materials, and emissions-control technologies. Maxwell Technologies is an in-kind ChallengeX sponsors
USABC (Freedom Car)
Maxwell Technologies was selected by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) to develop a compact, low-cost, high-performance, 48-volt ultracapacitor-based electrical energy storage module for applications in passenger vehicles. USABC operates under the auspices of the United States Council for Automotive Research (USCAR), an umbrella organization formed by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors to strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research. Maxwell is eligible for more than $3 million in matching funds for the module development program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the FreedomCAR initiative that DOE and USCAR established in 2002 to promote new technologies to reduce passenger vehicles’ dependence on petroleum.
