[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70759-70760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29078]


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 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on Energy Storage 
System Evaluation and Safety

    Notice is hereby given that, on October 6, 2011, 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--Cooperative Research Group on Energy Storage System 
Evaluation and Safety (``EssEs'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) The identities of the parties to the venture 
and (2) the nature and objectives of the venture. 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 
to the

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venture are: Allison Transmission, Inc., Indianapolis, IN; BAE Systems, 
Johnson City, NY; Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN; Deere & Company, Moline, 
IL; Tata Motors Limited, Mumbai, India; Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, IL; 
China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC), Tianjin, 
People's Republic of China; and Shanghai E-Propulsion Auto Technology 
Co., Ltd., Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The general area of 
EssEs's planned activity is to develop detailed cell level data on 
current or near market technology across a meaningfully diverse number 
of manufacturers to allow a relative comparison between available 
technologies. The program will provide performance, life, abuse and 
consistency of manufacturing test data for member-selected systems in a 
private, independent third party laboratory format (nongovernmental). 
This will provide members with data required to assess the pertinent 
performance characteristics of various battery topologies, chemistries 
and manufacturers to assist in the selection of cells for a vehicular 
energy storage system. Additionally, the level of data and the detail 
in which it is provided will be sufficient to aid in the development of 
models, pack integration work and thermal management strategy 
development.

Patricia A. Brink,
Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2011-29078 Filed 11-14-11; 8:45 am]
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