DOE funds Cooper research

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DOE funds Cooper research

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. i$ z4 t- `! V4 E# DFindlay, OH - Cooper Tire & Rubber announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has awarded the company $1.5 million for the development of advanced fuel efficiency technologies during the next three years. The grant was one of only five awarded by the DOE in the Fleet Efficiency category, and calls for development of an ultra lightweight tire that delivers a minimum of 3% improvement in vehicle fuel efficiency. Cooper will use this funding to accelerate the development and refinement of innovative tire design, construction, materials and reinforcement technologies focused on the replacement tire market. The grant will allow the company to further enhance its technical capabilities and product offerings. Cooper will partner with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation’s premier laboratory for research and development in renewable energy and energy efficiency, for modeling and computational analysis of the new technology’s impact on improved tire performance. Development of this new technology will be carried out in Cooper’s Findlay, OH-based technical center and plants in the United States.