Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993; PNGV Electrochemical Energy Storage Technical Team

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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