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February 17, 2022
“The effectiveness of America’s transportation decarbonization policies and strategies is fully grounded in California’s leadership,” said Dan Sperling, a member of the California Air Resources Board.
E&E News
February 16, 2022
ITS-Davis contributed to a new study which argues that electrifying vehicles isn’t by itself enough to make transportation low-carbon by midcentury. But combined with a rethinking of how cities are designed, it could.
E&E News
February 16, 2022
California Air Resources Board member Daniel Sperling told CNN that the state won’t use its waiver to implement stronger standards for cars and light trucks and will instead use the Biden EPA’s recently adopted standards.
CNN
February 14, 2022
Gil Tal explains that range anxiety still freaks out prospective buyers, so people want to know there will be chargers on every possible route, even if “they’re usually not stopping.”
WIRED
February 9, 2022
PH&EV Director Gil Tal comments that gearing up to manufacture EV trucks takes time and a whole lot of investment.
Marketplace
February 8, 2022
Dan Sperling notes that classifying the new USPS trucks as heavy-duty is a critical distinction, because the new USPS trucks would “definitely not” pass emissions tests as light duty trucks.
VICE
February 3, 2022
Until now, it’s primarily been government policy driving the increase in EV production and sales, according to Alan Jenn, a researcher at the University of California Davis. “But nowadays people are seeing the value in this technology, and it’s getting hard for automakers to keep up with the demand.”
Marketplace
January 28, 2022
Giovanni Circella and Scott Hardman discuss how self-driving cars could lead to increased traffic and pollution if they spur more car travel.
The Conversation
November 18, 2021
Dan Sperling talks about how EVs can take over a bigger share of the marketplace.
WFAE 90.7
November 18, 2021
Can electric cars reclaim their place on the road? Daniel Sperling and Gil Tal investigate.
TED
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