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A Roadmap for Climate Collaboration between the EU and LAC: Transport and Mineral Supply

August 23, 2023

In this article—the first of a series focused on opportunities for collaboration between the EU and the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region—the authors discuss why the transformational nature of European policies could match the large resource base and renewable energy potential available in LAC countries, with the possibility of leading to win-win opportunities.

Center on Global Energy Policy - Columbia University

A Roadmap for Climate Collaboration between the EU and LAC: Introduction

August 23, 2023

This article explores opportunities for technological collaboration and mineral supply between the two regions to facilitate their transition toward e-mobility. The authors discuss opportunities to enhance LAC countries’ capacity to make the industrial transition while improving the EU’s ability to access primary materials required by its domestic EV industry.

Center on Global Energy Policy - Columbia University

The Environmental Impact and Sustainability of Shared E-Scooter Systems

August 22, 2023

Giovanni Circella, the director of the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program at the University of California, Davis, affirms that e-scooters “tend to have somewhat positive effects in terms of environmental sustainability.”

Onegreenplanet.org

Forget Range Anxiety. Most EV Drivers Have Charge Anxiety.

August 18, 2023

The typical consumer, said Scott Hardman, a postdoctoral researcher in the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis, “just wants a car. They want a reliable car that gets them where they want to go. They are not interested in dealing with any inconvenience. They just want a car that is going to be effective.”

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Why your new electric car won’t have a spare tire. And why you probably don’t need one

August 18, 2023

Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis, said removing the spare probably increases an electric car’s range by “point something” percent. “If it’s a 400-mile car, it’s [an extra] mile or two,” he said.

Los Angeles Times

Is a Ban on Gas-Powered Cars Coming? How States and Federal Agencies Are Pushing EV Adoption

August 15, 2023

Debapriya Chakraborty, an EV researcher at UC Davis’s Institute of Transportation Studies, says government emissions standards will play an important role in the transition to EVs because they can force automakers to send more EVs to the market. But incentives will be necessary too, she says, at least as long as EVs cost more than their gas-powered counterparts.

Money.com

Washington can’t get a climate pact. Gavin Newsom just cut another one.

August 14, 2023

California’s role as a shadow climate negotiator is only becoming more important as geopolitical tensions rise.

Politico

Gov. Newsom Making Illegal Climate Change Compact With China

August 11, 2023

The MOU specifically identifies, “The joint office of the California-China Climate Institute at the University of California, Berkeley and the China Center for Energy and Transportation at the University of California, Davis.”

California Globe

25% Of California Passenger Vehicle Sales Are Now Electrified

August 9, 2023

In a push to 100% EV sales, Tal says low-income populations and other marginalized groups have the potential to be left behind, meaning a combination of government regulations and market factors need to push automakers to create cheap-to-buy, cheaper-to-run vehicles.

AutoWeek

Shared e-scooters can be sustainable—but there’s a catch

August 7, 2023

Giovanni Circella, director of the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program at the University of California, Davis, says that the use of e-scooters in US cities “tend to have somewhat positive effects in terms of environmental sustainability” by replacing the use of more polluting modes of transportation such as private cars and ride-hailing vehicles like Uber and Lyft.

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