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September 30, 2024
James Giller, a Ph.D. candidate in the Transportation Technology & Policy program at the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, commented on these equity issues in an interview with UC Davis Health.
“Hopefully, the results of this study can be used to increase the sustainability of ride-hailing and also address potential equity issues that are apparent,” Giller said.
The California Aggie
September 22, 2024
“Dr. Guldner will lead a conversation on hydrogen energy’s role in the U.S., joined by experts Dr. Lewis Fulton and Dr. Jason Munster.”
Drive Spark
September 17, 2024
“With a gas station, most of the revenue and profit that they derive is not coming from the sale of gasoline. It is actually coming from selling soda and chips and that sort of thing. And I think that is the sort of model that needs to happen with charging stations.” Jenn said.
KPBS
September 13, 2024
“That’s kind of one of the bigger punch lines here. In the same way that gas stations don’t really make most of their profit from selling gas. It’s from concessions,” said Alan Jenn, one of the authors of a new report from the Electric Vehicle Research Center in the Institute for Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis.
Government Technology
September 10, 2024
“Our research shows us what electric vehicle drivers want: fueling infrastructure located with additional amenities that can also help stations become profitable,” said Dr. Scott Hardman, Associate Research Faculty for the Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis.
Business Wire
September 9, 2024
Led by Gil Tal, director of the STEPS+ and EV Research Center at the Institute of Transportation Studies, this project aims to investigate and understand the difference in reliability between two sources: the EV service provider and the customer, the cause of any reliability or charging failures, and provide potential solutions for providers to maximize the reliability of chargers.
UC Davis News
September 5, 2024
Continuing California’s bi-lateral efforts with China to decarbonize transportation, yesterday the California State Transportation Agency, the California Energy Commission, and the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies hosted the California Battery-Swap Electric Truck Forum at UC Davis.
UC Davis News
August 30, 2024
Researchers at UC Davis have found that more than half of ride-hail trips in California replace walking, biking, carpooling, and public transit trips, or are trips that otherwise wouldn’t happen. They have ideas to make it more sustainable.
Streetsblog Cal
August 29, 2024
Fraser Shilling, who directs UC Davis’s Road Ecology Center, said vehicle collisions with large animals have cost Californians $1.6 billion since 2016 — including vehicle repairs, hospital bills, and insurance costs.
LAist
August 28, 2024
“The study was funded primarily by the California Air Resources Board. Additional funding was provided by the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program of UC Davis.”
UC Davis News
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