Results report for the 2025 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Annual Merit Review (AMR).
Transportation Technologies Office
January 23, 2026
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The 2025 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation’s (CMEI) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) Annual Merit Review (AMR) was held June 2-5, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. Detailed reviews of 388 VTO-supported projects were completed by 243 peer reviewers. Exactly 935 individual review responses were received for the VTO technical reviews. Each project was reviewed by 2–7 independent reviewers, with a majority of projects having 4–5 reviewers.
The objective of the meeting was to review the accomplishments and plans for VTO-funded work over the previous 12 months, and provide an opportunity for industry, government, and academia to give inputs to DOE with a structured and formal methodology. The meeting also provided attendees with a forum for interaction and technology information transfer. VTO technology managers and leadership use the peer review results to inform their oversight of the projects and to inform future investments. Project leads receive reviewer scores and comments and are expected to address these comments in their future peer review presentations.
The results from the review are contained in the following report. Reports from past years are available on the Annual Progress Reports page.
2025 Vehicle Technologies Office Annual Merit Review Report
03 - Off-Road, Rail, Marine, and Aviation R&D