Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--V2I-3 Consortium

Suzanne Morris
Department of Justice
20 December 2019

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 70210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27517]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--V2I-3 Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on November 27, 2019, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), V2I-3 Consortium (``V2I-3 
Consortium'') has filed written notifications simultaneously with the 
Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the 
identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI; General Motors 
Holdings LLC, Detroit, MI; Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc., 
Superior Township, MI; Nissan Technical Center N.A., Farmington Hills, 
MI; and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., Auburn Hills, MI.
    The general area of V2I-3 Consortium's planned activity is to fund 
and conduct multiple research projects limited to specific areas with 
specifically-defined technical goals which the participants believe 
will speed the development of emerging crash avoidance, crash 
mitigation, and automated vehicle and driver information systems. V2I-3 
Consortium's objectives are to gain further knowledge and understanding 
of connected vehicle interactions and/or applications for vehicles that 
are intended to transform surface transportation safety, mobility, and 
environmental performance through a connected vehicle environment.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2019-27517 Filed 12-19-19; 8:45 am]
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