What outreach and engagement strategies can be used to overcome the “yuck factor” and achieve public support for water reuse?
Author Archives: Hannah Safford
Why Federal AV Policy Is a Necessary– But Not Sufficient– Step
Additional strategic policies across all levels of government are necessary to achieve our vision of a shared, electric, and automated future.
How (Almost) Everyone Came To Love Low Carbon Fuels In California
Automakers and energy utilities now embrace California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, and even oil companies accept it.
How partially automated vehicles could lead to more driving
Full automation is projected to increase the use of individually owned vehicles, perhaps by as much as 60%. But what about partially automated vehicles?
New “EV&Me” blog highlights experiences of electric-vehicle owners and drivers
Today, the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, and Cool Davis are launching “EV&Me”, a blog where owners and drivers of all-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles share their experiences of driving electric.
Long Live Batteries
EV challenges remain but battery life is not one of them.
Austin Brown leads NREL panel for Mobility Day
Austin Brown served as a panelist at the second Partner Forum hosted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado.
By Freezing Vehicle Standards, the Trump Administration Will Grind Auto Innovation to a Halt
The U.S. auto industry will cede global leadership in developing vehicle technology.
How Lyft and Uber Can Fix–Not Cause–Congestion
Though app-based car services such as Uber and Lyft may displace public transit to some extent, there is even greater—yet largely ignored—potential for such services to reduce net congestion by facilitating multi-passenger pooling.
Trying To Make Sense Of Trump’s Rollback Of Vehicle Standards
The evidence shows that freezing Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program standards is hard to justify on economic, social, environmental, or legal grounds.