Where Tesla sales have fallen the most in California
August 8, 2024
“… Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Davis. Tesla’s declining sales are partially explained by distaste for …”
SF Chronicle
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Offsets on Fire
August 7, 2024
Dan Sperling, director of UC Davis’ Institute of Transportation and a former CARB board member, said he’s hopeful Trump is softening his treatment of EVs because manufacturing is moving to red states.
Politico
An analysis of 20,000 EV stations concludes that charging is still a massive bummer
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
The real story behind EV charger-reported uptime vs. actual uptime
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
Big Wins for the Campus in the Grand Challenges’ Wicked Problems Focus Areas
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
Agencies seek to open $38 million wildlife underpass in Los Gatos
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
It’s one of California’s worst freeway bottlenecks. Will fixing it ruin the planet?
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
Why roadkill is classified as a natural disaster by UC Davis researchers
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
Report: Roadkill a ‘Preventable Natural Disaster’
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
As EV sales growth slows, the industry faces bankruptcies and new challenges
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
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