In The News

Our experts are frequently spotlighted in national/local news outlets and widely read blogs. The headlines and summaries below link to the original news articles and features.


Toyota is hitting the gas on hybrids as EV sales cool. But what does that mean for the planet?

March 10, 2024

If Toyota embraced EVs sooner, it would push others in the same direction, said Daniel Sperling, founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California.

CNN


State transportation programs improve equity but still face barriers, campus study finds

March 4, 2024

The Clean Mobility Options and the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project programs have institutional barriers to distributing funding and facilitating projects, according to research by UC Berkeley Othering & Belong Institute and UC Davis Institute of Transportaion Studies.

The Daily Californian


The ‘greenest’ car in America might surprise you

February 29, 2024

Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California at Davis, said some studies show that drivers use their plug-in hybrids as regular hybrids, almost never charging them.

The Washington Post


The state of EVs in California today

February 29, 2024

Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis, joins Midday Edition Wednesday to discuss the outlook for EVs in California and the challenges that remain for their adoption.

KPBS


The “Greenest” Car You Can Buy In America Is The Toyota Prius Prime SE — Maybe

February 28, 2024

Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California at Davis, said some studies show that drivers use their plug-in hybrids as regular hybrids, almost never charging them.

CleanTechnica


Battery breakthrough lets electric cars run longer in extreme cold

February 28, 2024

A new formula for lithium-ion batteries could help electric vehicles drive farther and charge faster even at extreme sub-zero temperatures. Gil Tal, directior of Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis, weighs in.

New Scientist


The Challenge of Decarbonizing Long-Haul Trucking

February 28, 2024

But turning diesel-powered trucks into electric vehicles poses three significant problems, says Lew Fulton, director of the energy futures program at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California-Davis.

Time


California says this climate program could hike gas prices 50 cents a gallon. Here’s how

February 23, 2024

Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Davis whose research significantly influenced the original LCFS, said the air board’s gas price calculations assumed credit prices would reach their highest peak right away, which is unlikely.

The Sacramento Bee


Who’s on first on offshore wind?

February 22, 2024

California’s unique ability to go faster than the feds on vehicle standards should insulate it (and the dozen other states that follow it) from the electoral winds that are swaying Biden’s calculus, said Dan Sperling, a former CARB board member and director of the University of Califoria, Davis’ Institute for Transportation Studies.

Politico


Does Widening Highways Ease Traffic Congestion?

February 20, 2024

“The U.S. is pretty car-oriented. I think there are a lot of people who would be happy to drive less if it was possible, but it’s just not possible for most of us,” said Susan Handy, professor of environmental science and policy at UC Davis, who offers new ideas for the well-documented problem in her recent book, Shifting Gears: Toward a New Way of Thinking about Transportation (The MIT Press, 2023).

UC Davis Magazine


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