In The News

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.


Transportation Ministry Moves To Collaborate With U.S Agency

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


The initial verdict is in for Oakland’s Universal Basic Mobility program: ‘extremely helpful’

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


Bangkok’s Air Quality Crisis Demands Urgent Action Now

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


Small SUVs are now the country’s cleanest cars. Really.

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


What California and RFK Jr. have in common

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


The Complicated Future of Electric Vehicle Policy

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


Rebates all around but not for Tesla

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


Tesla left out of California’s new EV rebate plan

November 27, 2024

“California has led the United States in electric vehicle adoption, and Tesla was a massive part of that success,” said Daniel Sperling, a transport expert at the University of California at Davis. “But this proposal reflects a shift toward making EVs more accessible to everyday consumers.”

Diya TV



Africa Minerals Strategy Group joins Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South

November 22, 2024

“The Council is an initiative established by the UN organisation Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the Institute of Transportation Studies at University of California, Davis, and social enterprise Swaniti Global. “

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