Who We Are | Capabilities and Services
The NAVC serves as a hub of advanced transportation activity in the Northeastern U.S. Our capabilities include:
Recognized source for technology needs studies and coordinated plans for advanced fuel development activities. The NAVC has published numerous reports analyzing clean fuel vehicle technologies, with a particular focus on hybrids and fuel cells. For example, in September 2003, the NAVC published a report on the future of transportation fuel cells entitled "Future Wheels II", which has been downloaded over 100,000 times since its publication. This report was an update to the first Future Wheels, published in 2000 and downloaded over 200,000 times. Recent NAVC reports can be found here.
Proven ability to identify development needs and implement successful development activities. The NAVC has successfully managed over $60 million of advanced vehicle R & D projects over the past ten years. Some of the projects currently being worked on include development of a heavy-duty fuel cell power plant for transit buses and a program to reduce emissions at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia AirportÕs in New York.
Proven ability to bring together government, industry and academia in collaborative workgroups that work to advance clean fuel vehicle technology development, deployment and commercialization. The NAVC facilitates the U.S. Heavy-Duty Hybrid Bus Work Group, which brings together hybrid system developers and intergrators, bus companies, transit operators, regulators, testing facilities and others, to address emissions testing and certification issues regarding hybrid buses. The NAVC also acts as facilitator for the U.S. Department of Transportation's Fuel Cell Bus Work Group, which meets to exchange information on the development and demonstration of fuel cell buses.
Proven ability to secure federal funding for clean fuel vehicle development and demonstration projects in the Northeast. Over its history, the NAVC has successfully secured federal funding for a wide variety of efforts from various federal entities including DARPA, the U.S. DOT, the Federal Aviation Administration, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.