Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
Notice is hereby given that, on July 16, 2025, pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (“the Act”), Electrified Vehicle and Energy Storage Evaluation—II (“EVESE II”) has filed written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing changes in its membership. The notifications were filed for the purpose of extending the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances. Specifically, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI; and Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Evanston, IL, have been added as parties to this venture.
No other changes have been made in either the membership or planned activity of the group research project. Membership in this group research project remains open, and EVESE II intends to file additional written notifications disclosing all changes in membership.
On April 3, 2025, EVESE II filed its original notification pursuant to section 6(a) of the Act. The Department of Justice published a notice in the Federal Register pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act on June 13, 2025 (90 FR 25081).
Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.