U.S. Automotive Partnership for Advancing Research and Technologies (USAutoPARTs) is a non-profit organization formed to bring automotive researchers together to expedite commercialization of emerging automotive technologies. It encompasses researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the state of Michigan and auto-supply industry. It is modeled after USCAR, an umbrella organization for collaborative research among U.S. automobile OEMs.
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