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Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis, explained why Mexico's EV market has shifted so quickly: "The demand was there. What changed was the supply."
California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Baja California are coordinating plans for truck charging and hydrogen fueling from Canada to Mexico.
California transportation officials have set aside nearly $100 million to transform a cursed stretch of Bay Area freeway, once so notorious for collisions that motorists dubbed it "Blood Alley."
California's $3,500 first-time electric vehicle rebate stopped being a promise on August 7, when Hyundai, Lucid, and Tesla began issuing instant discounts at the point of sale — no applications, no tax return required, no waiting.
The goal of the project is to reduce congestion in a notoriously traffic-filled section of freeway, but some experts question whether adding lanes accomplishes that goal in the long term.
A sudden $12 million federal funding cut last year forced a UC Davis transportation research center and its partners to halt dozens of projects, disrupt student research and scramble for replacement money — setting off a legal fight that has left the center’s future uncertain more than a year later.
With gas prices remaining high due to the war in Iran, California officials are hoping a new rebate program for electric cars can make the math work for buyers at a time when federal incentives have gone away under the Trump administration.
Gil Tal, director of the University of California, Davis’ EV Research Center, said that while car sales data shows California drivers rushed to buy electric models in April and May, there was a steep drop-off in June.
Electric vehicle sales during the first quarter of this year accounted for only 13.7% of new vehicle registrations, the lowest since late 2021, according to the University of California, Davis’ Institute of Transportation Studies, and EV sales fell 27% year over year nationwide.
Thousands of state workers are expected to begin commuting to Sacramento offices four days a week starting Wednesday, a shift transportation experts say will likely increase traffic, boost transit ridership and force many workers to rethink how they get to work.
A report says Nigeria’s endowment of lithium, copper and bauxite aligns precisely with the minerals needed to accelerate the country’s green energy transition.
A major 2024 research report from Georgia Tech and the National Center for Sustainable Transportation found that after Atlanta opened its reversible express toll lanes on I‑75 and I‑85, peak‑period speeds jumped by roughly 20 mph in some areas.
The ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and very blue California continues. This time it’s the ongoing fight over the Golden State’s EV mandates.
Researchers across our campus are continuing these efforts to make transportation more sustainable, including the Institute of Transportation Studies, which is working with governments, NGOs, and other partners worldwide to reduce the climate footprint of automobiles in the developing world and here at home.
“The primary problem on the highway was the mortality,” Fraser Shilling, who directs the Road Ecology Center, tells SFGate. “There’s truck traffic that goes through there, and they don’t slow down. They hit whatever’s on the road, so a lot of deer and elk were getting killed.”
