The Digest’s 2025 Multi-Slide Guide to the DOE Vehicle Technologies Office Strategy and Impact

The VTO drives applied R&D to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in transportation by 2050, focusing on the gap between basic science and commercial development. Key priorities include accelerating battery technology, optimizing vehicle/grid integration, and developing modal decarbonization plans. Technical advances involve coordinating partnerships across major sectors and implementing the Petroleum Equivalency Factor (PEF) Final Rule. This work provides foundational technology to support incremental deployment solutions detailed in the National Decarbonization Blueprint.