---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 U.S.C. § 2505"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
number: "2505"
heading: "Research and development"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/2505"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration"
---

# §2505. Research and development


The Secretary of Energy, acting through appropriate agencies and contractors, shall initiate and provide for the conduct of research and development in areas related to electric and [hybrid vehicles](/usc/15/2502.md?p=5), including—

- (1) energy storage technology, including batteries and their potential for convenient recharging;
- (2) vehicle control systems and overall design for energy conservation, including the use of regenerative braking;
- (3) urban design and traffic management to promote maximum transportation-related energy conservation and minimum transportation-related degradation of the environment; and
- (4) vehicle design which emphasizes durability, length of practical lifetime, ease of repair, and interchangeability and replace­ability of parts.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–413, § 6, Sept. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 1263; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(a), Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 577.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Energy” substituted in text for “Administrator” pursuant to section 301(a) of Pub. L. 95–91, see Codification note set out under section 2502 of this title.