Energy Efficient Mobility Systems — R&D
Supports United States mobility teams building energy-efficient transport systems through partnerships.
The Energy Efficient Mobility Systems (EEMS) program is an ongoing research initiative within the DOE Transportation Technologies Office (TTO, formerly VTO, now under the CMEI office) that funds early-stage R&D at the vehicle, traveler, and system levels to increase energy productivity across the full mobility landscape. EEMS does not issue its own standalone FOA; instead, it channels funding thro…
Early-stage R&D across five mobility pillars — connected and automated vehicles, advanced fueling infrastructure, mobility decision science, multimodal freight, and urban science — via the SMART consortium.
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