Final report: U.S. competitive position in automotive technologies

Albert, Michael B. ; Cheney, Margaret ; Thomas, Patrick ; Kroll, Peter

CHI Research, Inc., Haddon Heights, NJ (United States)

关键词: Hydrogen Storage;    Japan;    Automotive Fuels;    33 Advanced Propulsion Systems;    08 Hydrogen;   

DOI  :  10.2172/808238
RP-ID  :  NONE
RP-ID  :  FG01-02EE50678
RP-ID  :  808238

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Patent data are presented and analyzed to assess the U.S. competitive position in eleven advanced automotive technology categories, including automotive fuel cells, hydrogen storage, advanced batteries, hybrid electric vehicles and others. Inventive activity in most of the technologies is found to be growing at a rapid pace, particularly in advanced batteries, automotive fuel cells and ultracapacitors. The U.S. is the clear leader in automotive fuel cells, on-board hydrogen storage and light weight materials. Japan leads in advanced batteries, hybrid electric vehicles, ultracapacitors, and appears to be close to overtaking the U.S. in other areas of power electronics.