Our experts are frequently spotlighted in national/local news outlets and widely read blogs. The headlines and summaries below link to the original news articles and features.
March 14, 2024
California-inspired renewable diesel is booming across the country. As the industry grows, however, it’s having some unintended consequences.
Los Angeles Times
March 10, 2024
If Toyota embraced EVs sooner, it would push others in the same direction, said Daniel Sperling, founding director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California.
CNN
March 4, 2024
The Clean Mobility Options and the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project programs have institutional barriers to distributing funding and facilitating projects, according to research by UC Berkeley Othering & Belong Institute and UC Davis Institute of Transportaion Studies.
The Daily Californian
February 29, 2024
Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California at Davis, said some studies show that drivers use their plug-in hybrids as regular hybrids, almost never charging them.
The Washington Post
February 29, 2024
Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California, Davis, joins Midday Edition Wednesday to discuss the outlook for EVs in California and the challenges that remain for their adoption.
KPBS
February 28, 2024
Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California at Davis, said some studies show that drivers use their plug-in hybrids as regular hybrids, almost never charging them.
CleanTechnica
February 28, 2024
A new formula for lithium-ion batteries could help electric vehicles drive farther and charge faster even at extreme sub-zero temperatures. Gil Tal, directior of Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis, weighs in.
New Scientist
February 28, 2024
But turning diesel-powered trucks into electric vehicles poses three significant problems, says Lew Fulton, director of the energy futures program at the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California-Davis.
Time
February 23, 2024
Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Davis whose research significantly influenced the original LCFS, said the air board’s gas price calculations assumed credit prices would reach their highest peak right away, which is unlikely.
The Sacramento Bee
February 22, 2024
California’s unique ability to go faster than the feds on vehicle standards should insulate it (and the dozen other states that follow it) from the electoral winds that are swaying Biden’s calculus, said Dan Sperling, a former CARB board member and director of the University of Califoria, Davis’ Institute for Transportation Studies.
Politico
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