94-933. Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993EHC Technologies ConsortiumElectrical Energy-Source Alternatives

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division

 

Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act 
of 1993--EHC Technologies Consortium--Electrical Energy-Source 
Alternatives

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 18, 1993, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), SouthWest Research 
Institute (``SwRI'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties and (2) the nature and objectives of 
a cooperative research project entitled ``EHC Technologies Consortium--
Electrical Energy-Source Alternatives.'' The notifications were filed 
for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery 
of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are Centro Ricerche Fiat--Motori, Torino, Italy; BMW of 
North America, Inc., Montvale, NJ; Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Hagamachi, 
Japan; and Emitec GmbH, Lohmar, Germany. The general areas of planned 
activities are the definition of electrically heated catalysts (EHC) 
parameters, acquisition and the bench testing of EHC energy sources, as 
well as the development of energy source devices and finally on-vehicle 
application and EHC evaluation; in order to evaluate deep-cycle lead-
acid battery, bipolar lead-acid battery, nickel-cadmium battery and 
ultracapacitors for use in EHC and further evaluate the status of other 
advanced battery technologies so as to select battery candidates which 
can provide the necessary energy requirements repetitively to heat the 
catalytic converter at engine start-up to substantially reduce cold-
start emissions.
Joseph H. Widmar,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 94-933 Filed 1-13-94; 8:45 am]
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