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August 6, 2024
“The firm also had its findings reviewed and confirmed by Professor Gil Tal, who is director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis. ChargerHelp used four years of data from the 20,000 chargers it monitors, comparing networked stations’ self-reported uptime against the actual uptime EV drivers find on location.”
The Verge
August 1, 2024
“Los Angeles-based EV supply equipment (EVSE) O&M service provider ChargerHelp examined what’s causing reliability issues for EV public charging infrastructure. The findings are in a new report, “ChargerHelp Annual Reliability Report: The State of EV Charging and the Driver Experience,” which was reviewed and endorsed by Professor Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis.”
Electrek
June 24, 2024
On May 13, Climate Solutions celebrated a resounding success when the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded UC Davis a Climate Change and Transportation Center, to be led by Kari Watkins, professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis and affiliate of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. The award, which will total up to $7.5M over three years, will make UC Davis the home base for the only national transportation center focused on climate change.
UC Davis News
June 20, 2024
“Having an underpass or an overpass would allow for animals to safely cross through but it has to be linked to fencing,” said Fraser Shilling, the director of the Road Ecology Center at the University of California, Davis. “So if you have that combination of a crossing structure and fencing then we’re definitely going to help with wildlife crossing safely across the highway.”
NBC Bay Area
June 20, 2024
“These projects are being oversold to the public as a way to reduce congestion; they are not,” said Susan Handy, director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at UC Davis. “A court decision is going to be very important.”
Los Angeles Times
June 19, 2024
Fraser Shilling, Director of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, joins KCBS Radio’s Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart to discuss the center’s latest annual report on roadkill.
KCBS Radio
June 18, 2024
“Anytime you get a reduction in roadkill, people think it’s a good thing,” said Fraser Shilling, director of the UC Davis Road Ecology Center, a program of the Institute of Transportation Studies.
UC Davis News
June 18, 2024
The majority of U.S. drivers still drive gas cars, and the majority of them cite two main concerns: sticker price and range anxiety, said Gil Tal, a professor at the University of California, Davis
Marketplace
June 14, 2024
California first began to introduce regulation in the early 1990s, explained Alan Jenn, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and researcher at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies.
TechXplore
June 14, 2024
Gil Tal, the director of the EV Research Center at the University of California, Davis said every sale is costing companies thousands per car.
The U.S. Sun
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