[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31465]
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993; PNGV Electrochemical Energy Storage Technical
Team
Notice is hereby given that, on October 30, 1996, pursuant to
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of
1993, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), General Motors
Corporation filed notifications simultaneously with the Attorney
General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities
of the parties to and (2) the nature and objectives of a research and
development venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose of
invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust
plaintiffs to actual damages under the specified circumstances.
Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties are
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI; Chrysler Corporation, Auburn
Hills, MI; and Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI.
The parties have established an Electrochemical Energy Storage
Technical Team to conduct join research aimed at developing and
demonstrating the viability of lightweight, compact, high power energy
storage devices, capable of storing and releasing energy at high power
levels at very high levels of efficiency in automotive applications.
The research and development activities of this group involve efforts
to reduce the weight and cost of high power electrochemical batteries
while improving their power, performance, efficiency, durability and
cycle life as well as pursuing material advancements which will be
required to improve the specific energy and reduce the cost of ultra
capacitors, while not adversely affecting their high power capability,
efficiency or cycle life. The results of this effort will support the
Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) and allow each
party to better serve its customers around the world. PNGV is the joint
effort of the Federal Government and the U.S. auto industry to develop
affordable, fuel-efficient, low-emission automobiles that meet today's
performance standards. To meet these objectives, the parties will
collect, exchange and analyze research information, interact with
government, auto industry and other entities interested in this area
and perform other acts allowed by the Act that would advance these
goals.
Contact: Steven J. Cernak, General Motors Corporation Legal Staff,
3031 West Grand Boulevard, P.O. Box 33122, M.C. 482-207-700, Detroit,
MI 48232, (313) 974-7735.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 96-31465 Filed 12-10-96; 8:45 am]
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