The project will fund the development of high energy density lithium batteries for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. These batteries will benefit the public by increasing the energy efficiency of electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, increasing the cost-effectiveness of these vehicles, decreasing the state's reliance on petroleum fuels, and decreasing the state's greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles.
There is no possibility that this project will have a significant effect on the environment because it involves developing high efficiency anodes for lithium batteries in a closed facility with no impact on the surrounding environment.
