Business Wire reports that ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) has joined the Plug-In Hybrid Development Consortium. Oak Ridge also participates in the U.S. FreedomCar & Fuel Partnership.
Oak Ridge and the Hybrid Consortium plan to cooperate on the power electronics for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, houses the Power Electronics and Electric Machinery Research Center (PEEMRC). The center (PEEMRC) is the U.S. Department of Energy’s premier broad-based research center for power electronic and electric machinery development. During this decade, the Center has dramatically advanced the technology of soft-switched inverters, multilevel inverters, DC-DC converters, motor control techniques, and efficient, compact electric machines.
“Oak Ridge is leading the development of power electronics for electric motors and drive systems. We look forward to working with Raser Technologies (NYSE Arca: RZ) and the other members of the Hybrid Consortium in several key areas that we feel are important to the next generation of hybrid vehicle electric drives,” said Laura Marlino, FreedomCAR Program Technical Manager – Power Electronics and Electric Machinery (PEEM) Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
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