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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
June 5, 2024
Dr. Susan Handy investigates the ideas that have shaped the nation’s car-oriented transportation to help uncover what needs to change to get to a safer, more sustainable system
Streetsblog Cal
June 3, 2024
“It was a slow change when it comes to the environment and climate change,” said Gil Tal, who as director of University of California, Davis’ Electric Vehicle Research Center works with Mexican officials on heavy-duty fleet electrification, charger build out and second-hand EV trade. “We hope for a little bit more push for environmental goals.”
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June 2, 2024
Electric vehicles are thought to represent a partial, but important solution to realizing net-zero emissions goals. Toward this end, the European Union, China, Japan, South Korea, and several U.S. states have declared their intention to ban gasoline and diesel cars. But how realistic is it to move to a fully electric vehicle fleet? And how desirable is this goal? David Rapson joins EconoFact Chats to discuss these questions.
EconoFact Chats
May 28, 2024
Some envision flying cars, but for Dan Sperling, the future is electric.
UC Davis News
May 28, 2024
Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), Institute of Transportation Studies at University of California, Davis (ITS UC Davis), and Swaniti Global on May 23, 2024 announced a partnership to build a first-of-its-kind platform for Global South countries on critical minerals for energy transitions.
Sustainable Energy for All
May 22, 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.
UC Davis Magazine
May 21, 2024
“There are a lot of people who have a stake in continued highway expansion,” said professor Susan Handy, director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation at UC Davis.
San Francisco Chronicle
May 20, 2024
“While companies are committed to the transition, they are definitely slowing investment,” said Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, in an email.
Roll Call
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