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Electric Fleet Adoption Strategies – Addressing Storage and Infrastructure Needs

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project evaluated the mid to long-term energy storage needs of the electric grid for select fleet electrification scenarios. The results show that Electrical Energy Storage (EES) capacity requirements depend on a number of parameters, including Demand Response (DR), Electric Vehicle (EV) charging flexibility, and total EV population.

Electric Fleet Adoption Strategies – Addressing Storage and Infrastructure Needs

Principal Investigator Arun Raju, Ph.D.
University of California, Riverside

The goal of the project is to evaluate mid to long-term energy storage needs of the electric grid for select fleet electrification scenarios.

Project Status

Complete

Energy and Environmental Impact of Truck-Only Lanes: A Case Study of Interstate 75 between Macon and McDonough, Georgia

Principal Investigator Angshuman Guin, Ph.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology

The researchers created a model to understand the traffic and environmental impacts of truck-only lanes, using a proposed highway project in Georgia as a case study.

Project Status

Complete

Environmental Impact Assessment of End-of-Life Strategies for Flexible Pavements and Development of a Decision Making Tool for Managing Local Roads

Principal Investigator Arash Saboori
University of California, Davis

This research aims to quantify environmental impacts of transportation, with special focus on local roads maintenance and improvement.

Project Status

Complete

Environmental Reviews Fail to Accurately Analyze Induced Vehicle Travel from Highway Expansion Projects

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes findings from research that compared results from the NCST Induced Travel Calculator to the induced travel analysis completed for five highway expansion projects' actual environmental impact assessments.

Evaluation of the Combined Effects of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP), Recycled Asphalt Shingles (RAS), and Different Virgin Binder Sources on Performance of the Blended Binder for Mixes with Higher Percentages of RAP and RAS

Principal Investigator John Harvey, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This study investigates the effect of different binder sources used in California pavement production, focusing on recycled asphalt materials in comparison to virgin binders.

Project Status

Complete

Expanding the UC Davis GIS Electric Vehicle Planning Toolbox Beyond California

Principal Investigator Gil Tal, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

UC Davis researchers previously created a geographic information systems (GIS) tool to measure electric vehicle distribution in California. This project expands the tool to encompass the whole country.

Project Status

Complete

Expanding the UC Davis GIS Electric Vehicle Planning Toolbox Beyond California

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

UC Davis researchers adapted a previously developed GIS planning toolbox to be used outside of California, collaborating with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to develop a case study for using this toolbox for EV infrastructure planning in the Greater Philadelphia region.

Expanding the UC Davis GIS Electric Vehicle Planning Toolbox Beyond California: The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Case Study

Research Product Type

Research Report

This project creates a toolkit that run in ArcGIS and allows users to project where EV owners will live, work, and charge.

Explore the Performance of Plug-in Electric Vehicles in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and Related Infrastructure Design and Policy Issues

Principal Investigator Wei Ji, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis

This dissertation communicates results from three different studies on emissions reductions, charging infrastructure, and travel behavior associated with plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs).

Project Status

Complete