“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.”

“Oregon isn’t alone in its effort to track roadkill this way. There have also been projects in Europe, Utah and California. Fraser Shilling is the director of the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis. He’s been asking people to upload roadkill data for 15 years now, and says it’s been used to make some interesting findings around the state.”

“According to Dr. Gil Tal, UC Davis professor and director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center,, one or two downed chargers might not matter, “but if an entire station is down, that’s a different thing.” Dr. Tal reviewed the data and findings that ChargerHelp collected and wrote the foreword to the company’s report. He is certain that the biggest contributor to the issues ChargerHelp identified is straightforward. “The main issue, the reason for the low reliability, is that it’s a new technology,” Dr. Tal says.”