42 USC § 16061 - Hybrid vehicles

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s16061"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 16061 - Hybrid vehicles"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "16061"
section_name: "Hybrid vehicles"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "VEHICLES AND FUELS"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Hybrid Vehicles, Advanced Vehicles, and Fuel Cell Buses"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 711, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 818.)"
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# § 16061. Hybrid vehicles

The Secretary shall accelerate efforts directed toward the improvement of batteries and other rechargeable energy storage systems, power electronics, hybrid systems integration, and other technologies for use in hybrid vehicles.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title VII, § 711, Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 818.)