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Facilitating Electric Vehicle Adoption with Vehicle Cost Calculators

Principal Investigator Angela Sanguinetti, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This project develops a calculator to incorporate behavioral components into electric vehicle costs.

Project Status

Complete

Fostering the Use of Zero and Near Zero Emission Vehicles in Freight Operations

Research Product Type

Research Report

The study collected information through a web-based stated preference survey sent to fleets and carrier companies to gather data about their economics, and their vehicle purchase preferences. The project also developed a multi-criteria decision-making tool using a Spherical Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process based on experts’ knowledge.

Freight Load Balancing and Efficiencies in Alternative Fuel Freight Modes

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project developed a centrally coordinated load balancing system that considers all user demands and generates individual routes that balance freight loads across the network by minimizing cost.

Freight Load Balancing and Efficiencies in Alternative Fuel Freight Modes

Principal Investigator Petros Ioannou, Ph.D.
University of Southern California

In this project, the researchers will develop a methodology to reduce freight system inefficiencies by incorporating a centrally coordinated load balancing system.

Project Status

Complete

Fuel and Emissions Calculator (FEC) Version 4.0

Principal Investigator Randall Guensler, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology

This research will update to the spreadsheet version of the Fuel and Emissions Calculator (FEC) to Version 4.0. The update will incorporate the emission and energy use rates from the latest version of the EPA's MOVES 4.0 regulatory model for conventional and electric vehicles, utilizing the latest matrices from MOVES-Matrix 4.0 (also developed by the research team) and associated source type technology parameters.

Project Status

Complete

Future Connected and Automated Vehicle Adoption Will Likely Increase Car Dependence and Reduce Transit Use without Policy Intervention

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

Researchers at the University of California, Davis investigated the range of potential impacts that rapid adoption of CAVs in California might have on vehicle miles traveled and emissions.

Future Electric Vehicle Charging Demand at Highway Rest Areas and Implications for Renewable Energy Penetration in California

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings from researchers at the University of California, Davis, who collected state travel data and electricity demand data to run a model that identified optimal highway rest areas for electric vehicle charger installation and calculated how an increase in charging demand would affect the California electricity grid at selected highway locations.

Gender Imbalance in the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Market Threatens to Slow Future Market Growth

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief discusses the gender imbalance observed in the plug-in electric vehicle market and its implications.

Geographic Information System Electric Vehicle Charger Planning Toolbox

The UC Davis Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Research Center hosted a seminar demonstrating its free GIS Electric Vehicle Charger Planning Toolbox to plan market distribution, fast charging, and workplace charging for electric vehicles.

Going the Extra Mile: Intelligent Energy Management of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles.

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

Researchers discuss one strategy to optimize energy management by accounting for vehicle position, speed and acceleration, trip progress, roadway characteristics, traffic conditions, and battery recharging opportunities at intermediate stops