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Mission
The Transportation Technologies Office (TTO) forges strategic partnerships and invests in research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of technologies to advance U.S. transportation systems. TTO works to lower transportation costs for American families and businesses, improve the affordability of goods, strengthen domestic supply chains, and support U.S. manufacturing in the transportation sector.
Priorities
Lowering transportation costs can have a significant impact on American households by making it cheaper to get around town and cheaper to buy goods that are transported around the country by truck, rail, and air. Advances in transportation technology can help lower these costs, expand the use of abundant domestic materials, and support national security.
TTO collaborates with industry, governments, National Laboratories, universities, and other research institutions to advance transportation technologies and solutions. TTO funds, coordinates and conducts RD&D, collects and disseminates data, and convenes stakeholders to support these efforts.
TTO’s current priorities include:
- Advancing high-performance, next-generation battery and motor technologies that help reduce U.S. dependence on critical minerals
- Using Super Intelligence and automation to:
- Accelerate the discovery of new materials and battery technologies
- Reduce transportation congestion
- Lower freight fuel use
- Lowering trucking costs by advancing hybrid engines, developing lighter and more affordable vehicle materials, and researching ways to optimize freight systems
- Innovating engine technologies and systems that reduce costs for businesses in communities and priority sectors such as mining, agriculture, construction, and off-road transportation.
- Leveraging transportation rights-of-way to rapidly deploy critical energy infrastructure along existing transportation corridors.
- Partnering with the U.S. Department of Transportation to accelerate the deployment of advanced air mobility technologies
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Transportation Technologies Office
Office of the Assistant Secretary
Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation
Mail Stop EE-1
Department of Energy
Washington, DC 20585
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