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December 13, 2024
“The lack of demand for EV vehicles, including Rivian’s own, has also forced charging stations into a position where they generate little profit and often incur losses, according to Alan Jenn, an assistant professor at the University of California in an interview with The Washington Post—but there is a solution.”
SUCCESS
December 13, 2024
“There are fewer sedans on the road — and most of them older, running on gasoline. Newer SUVs are getting more and more fuel-efficient, per Gil Tal, director of the Electric Vehicle Research Center at UC Davis. “
Marketplace
December 13, 2024
NAN reports that members of CalSTA delegation, who paid the courtesy visit included Mr Aditya Ramji, a Professor from the University of California, and Mr Giles Giovinazzi, Senior Advisor for CalSTA.
Aljazirah News
December 13, 2024
“While he weighed in on the proposal for a possible partnership, the Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Transportation, Professor Umar Adam Katsayal requested exchange programmes that would foster capacity development and skill acquisition between candidates from FUTD and the Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis.”
New Telegraph
December 12, 2024
“Free money for transit specifically “was extremely helpful to people. People really appreciated it,” said Angela Sanguinetti, the lead researcher on the East Oakland pilot.”
The OaklandSide
December 12, 2024
“A 2018 UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies report found that carpooling and shared services can reduce urban vehicle miles travelled by up to 13%, directly improving air quality through reduced emissions.”
Bangkok Post
December 9, 2024
“This segment of SUVs is where the demand — what people want — and the efficiency of vehicles meet,” said Gil Tal, who heads the Electric Vehicle …
Washington Post
December 4, 2024
“Scott Hardman, assistant director of the EV Research Center, argued during a CARB seminar today that California officials need to dedicate more resources to educating drivers. ‘We’re spending billions of dollars on infrastructure and incentives, but we’re spending very little on actually educating people and even making them aware of those programs,’ he said.”
POLITICO
December 2, 2024
“In an interview with the HPR, University of California Davis professor Dan Sperling noted that these environmental standards were even more important than any economic incentives advocated for by the administration. The standards set clear benchmarks for where the U.S. wanted to be and signaled to the auto industry how the administration wished to see car manufacturing change.”
Harvard Political Review
November 27, 2024
“Gil Tal, director of UC Davis’ EV Research Center, said Tesla’s dominance of the credit program could have suppressed other companies’ developing their own models. He noted, however, that given the state’s recent requirements for car companies to sell increasing shares of electric vehicles, automakers now have to bring them to market either way.”
POLITICO
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