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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on HEDGE V


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Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on HEDGE V

Suzanne Morris
Department of Justice
16 August 2021


[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 155 (Monday, August 16, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 45750]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17509]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Cooperative Research Group on HEDGE V

    Notice is hereby given that, on June 22, 2021, pursuant to Section 
6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 
15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Cooperative Research Group on 
HEDGE V (``HEDGE V'') 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: Cummins, Inc., Columbus, IN; Convergent Science, 
Madison, WI; GM Global Technology Operations, LLC (GMGTO), Detroit, MI; 
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, GERMANY; and Robert Bosch 
LLC, Farmington Hills, MI. The general area of HEDGE V's planned 
activity is to identify ICE technologies to achieve 50% brake thermal 
efficiency while maintaining a stoichiometric air/fuel ratio suitable 
for three-way catalyst operation. Other topics of interest to the 
consortium include: large-bore s.i. combustion systems; assisted pre-
chambers; Hybrid-ICE focus including ICE design for hybrid application; 
engine geometry changes; advanced combustion modes, SACI & D-EGR, sCO2 
as a cooling medium or WHR system; high-power and voltage systems 
including microwave enhanced heating, CO2 Separation Membrane for 
Octane-on-Demand, and on-board hydrogen generation for combustion 
enhancement.

Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2021-17509 Filed 8-13-21; 8:45 am]
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