National Electric Vehicle Consortium (NEVC)

内燃机主导了运输行业，并导致环境质量下降，发动机排放的健康问题增加。今天，估计有10亿辆轻型汽车在道路上行驶，消耗了全球四分之一的一次石油，占全球温室气体排放的10%。采用电动汽车(EV)可以减少对石油的依赖，显著减少温室气体排放。然而，行业领袖一致认为，支持电动汽车行业所需的几乎每个行业都立即缺乏熟练的技术工人。劳动力预测估计，到2030年，全电动汽车行业将增加25万至50万个新的高薪工作岗位。该项目将建立一个国家电动汽车联盟(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，以帮助确保全国电动汽车劳动力的安全，合作伙伴来自15所社区大学、19个行业合作伙伴、两所研究型大学和ATE中心和项目。该联盟将专注于电动汽车行业的以下领域：制造；安装；运营、维护和维修；车辆转换；安全和标准；以及该行业的新兴技术进步。该联盟的目标包括：1)提供一个国家协作的场所，将培训需求与培训提供者联系起来，以支持电动汽车生态系统内的教育机构、行业、专业、贸易和监管协会、教育工作者和执业技术人员之间的广泛外联和社区建设；2)记录新兴电动汽车行业所有领域的劳动力需求和技能和能力；3)收集整个电动汽车行业的学术计划和课程资源的数据；4)使学术计划和课程与电动汽车行业的需求保持一致，并解决计划上的差距；5)支持高等教育机构调整传统计划或建立新的电动汽车计划。该项目由高级技术教育计划资助，该计划专注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NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势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.