Vehicle Technologies Office

The Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO) funds research, development, demonstration, and deployment (RDD&D) of innovative, efficient, and affordable transportation solutions that provide consumers with more options.  To support this mission, VTO leverages exceptional capabilities of national laboratories and partnerships with industry, universities, and communities.  Vehicles move us and our economy. The transportation system’s trucks, ships, trains, and planes move 55 million tons of goods, worth more than $49 billion, and transport people across 3 trillion vehicle miles annually. Transportation is core to how we live, work, and play, but also accounts for the second-highest expense in U.S. households and contributes to air pollution which increases the risk for asthma, heart disease, and other health issues, especially in communities near highways, ports, rail yards, and warehouses. We can address these challenges through innovative transportation technologies while building a stronger economy and healthier communities with good-paying jobs, more customer choice, domestic manufacturing, and secure supply chains.