National Electric Vehicle Consortium (NEVC)

内燃机在运输行业占据主导地位，导致环境质量下降，发动机排放的健康问题增加。今天，估计有10亿辆轻型汽车行驶在道路上，消耗了全球四分之一的初级石油，占全球温室气体排放量的10%。采用电动汽车（EV）可以减少对石油的依赖，并显着减少温室气体排放。然而，行业领导者一致认为，几乎每个行业都急需熟练的技术工人来支持电动汽车行业。据劳动力预测，到2030年，全电动汽车行业将新增25万至50万个高薪工作岗位。该项目将建立一个全国电动汽车联盟（NEVC），以支持所有电动汽车学科的学术、机构和行业专家的合作，并与来自15个社区学院、19个行业合作伙伴、两所研究型大学以及ATE中心和项目的合作伙伴一起，帮助确保全国的电动汽车劳动力。该联盟将专注于电动汽车行业的以下领域：制造业；安装;操作、维护和修理；车辆转换;安全与标准；以及该领域的新兴技术进步。该联盟的目标包括：1)为国家合作提供一个场所，与培训提供商建立网络培训需求，以支持电动汽车生态系统内教育机构、行业、专业、贸易和监管协会、教育工作者和实践技术人员之间的大规模推广和社区建设；2)记录新兴电动汽车行业所有领域的劳动力需求、技能和能力；3)收集电动汽车行业的学术项目和课程资源数据；4)使学术项目和课程与电动汽车行业的需求保持一致，并解决项目差距；5)支持高等学校调整原有项目或开设新的电动汽车项目。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The internal combustion engine has dominated the transportation industry and has led to decreased environmental quality and increased health issues from engine emissions. Today, an estimated one billion light duty vehicles are on the roads, consuming one fourth of global primary oil and contributing 10% to the global greenhouse gas emissions The adoption of electric vehicles (EV) can reduce dependency on oil and significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. However, industry leaders agree that there is an immediate shortage of skilled technical workers across almost every sector required to support the EV industry. Workforce projections estimate that the all-EV industry will add 250,000 to 500,000 new high paying jobs by 2030. This project will establish a National Electric Vehicle Consortium (NEVC) to support the collaboration of academic, agency, and industry experts across all EV disciplines to help secure the nation’s EV workforce with partners from 15 community colleges, 19 industry partners, two research universities, and ATE Centers and projects.The consortium will focus on the following fields within the EV sector: manufacturing; installation; operations, maintenance, and repair; vehicle conversion; safety and standards; and emerging technological advances in the sector. Goals for the consortia include: 1) provide a venue for national collaboration to network training needs with training providers to support broad scale outreach, community-building among educational institutions, industry, professional, trade, and regulatory associations, educators, and practicing technicians within the EV Ecosystem; 2) document workforce needs and skills and competencies, for all areas of the emerging EV sector; 3) collect data on academic programs and curricular resources across the EV sector; 4) align academic programs and courses with the EV industry sector needs and address programmatic gaps; 5) support institutions of higher education in adapting legacy programs or establishing new EV programs. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the Nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.