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October 18, 2021
The Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) of University of California Davis conducted an online travel survey in order to better understand the societal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially the mobility-related impacts.
Smart Prosperity Institute
October 1, 2021
UC Davis analysis offers a sneak peek at how your future employees will tackle congestion.
StreetLight Data
September 22, 2021
Gil Tal, director of the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center at University of California, Davis, said income limits aren’t likely to affect sales one way or another because research shows that wealthy Americans will buy expensive cars without incentives.
Politico
September 22, 2021
A report from the University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies issued this year found “pooled ride-hailing may become even more unappealing in an automated future.”
Automotive News
September 10, 2021
“It’s the least understood technology around,” says Gil Tal, director of the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle (PH&EV) Research Center at the University of California, Davis.
Yale Climate Connections
September 9, 2021
Susan Handy, a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis, recommends making car trips more thoughtful and planned.
The Cut
September 3, 2021
A team of researchers at UC Davis has found that almost forty percent of the trips that people make on the Sacramento area’s bike-share system replaced car trips, both in private vehicles and via ride-hail.
Streetsblog Cal
August 26, 2021
Gil Tal stated that people rarely give just one reason for buying electric…they tend to argue that electric vehicles are fun, fast, easy and, as an added bonus, good for the environment.
New York Times
August 25, 2021
Gil Tal, the director of the Plug-in Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Research Center at the University of California at Davis, doesn’t think hybrids are stealing sales from electric vehicles. The technologies, he says, appeal to different types of car buyers.
The Washington Post
August 25, 2021
Gil Tal said, “In order to meet the US’s environmental goals, we have to electrify and clean our transportation system, starting from the light-duty vehicles to transit, heavy-duty and everything else.”
Al Jazeera English
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