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The Dynamics of Plug-in Electric Vehicles in the Secondary Market and Their Implications for Vehicle Demand, Durability, and Emissions

Research Product Type

Research Report

This studies what demographics purchase plug in electric vehicles and how used PEVs are utilized.

The Requirements, Costs, and Benefits of Providing Charging Infrastructure for Heavy-Duty Electric Trucks at California’s Rest Areas

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Policy Brief

Researchers at the University of California, Davis assessed the possibilities for and barriers to providing charging infrastructure for heavy-duty, long-haul trucks at rest areas in California.

Total Cost of Ownership Spreadsheet Tool

Research Product Type

Calculator

The Total Cost of Ownership Spreadsheet Tool (TCOST) is a Microsoft Excel-based calculator that simplifies and integrates the main functions, data, and outputs of pre-existing models (MOVES-Matrix and the GREET Model) and other external sources of economic data.

Transportation Fundamentals

In 2019, UC Davis experts met with a cross section of policy stakeholders to discuss sustainable transportation topics in California and the rest of the US over the coming years. The Transportation Fundamentals briefing series was an opportunity for staffers in the Legislature, Regulatory Agencies and NGOs who are new to the sustainable transportation space to familiarize themselves with important technologies, statistics and trends in electric vehicles, alternative fuels, sustainable freight.

Transportation of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries at end-of-life: A literature review

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Associated Publication

In this paper, the research team conducted a critical review of the peer-reviewed literature on EV traction battery reuse and recycling to assess how transportation is represented.

Transportation of electric vehicle lithium-ion batteries at end-of-life: A literature review

Research Product Type

Associated Publication

In this paper, the authors conduct a critical review of the peer-reviewed literature on EV traction battery reuse and recycling to assess how transportation is represented. In response to the limited and highly variable treatment of battery end-of-life (EoL) transportation, the literature review is followed by contextual information about the U.S., including the regulatory framework and existing network for EoL batteries.

UC Davis PhD Candidate Meg Slattery shares the experiences that shape her research

by Hannah Elizabeth Geudeker
January 11, 2023

Student Spotlight

Meet UC Davis PhD Student Meg Slattery!

US-Mexico second-hand electric vehicle trade: Battery circularity and end-of-life policy implications

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Associated Publication

This research uses system dynamics modeling to project future electric vehicle adoption and second-hand vehicle trade between the US and Mexico.

US-Mexico Second-Hand Electric Vehicle Trade: Battery Circularity and End-of-Life Policy Implications

Research Product Type

Research Report

This research undertook a battery material flow analysis, life cycle assessment of SHVs traded from the US to Mexico, and a qualitive analysis of environmental and transport justice implications of SHV trade. The research finds that SHVs disproportionately contribute to waste battery generation in Mexico, and that second-hand EVs are frequently retired early due to a lack of repairability.

US-Mexico Second-hand Vehicle Trade: Implications for responsible EV end of life management and material circularity in North America

Research Product Type

Policy Brief

This policy brief summarizes the development of scenarios to project future trends in electric vehicle adoption and secondhand vehicle trade flows in Mexico, using system dynamics modeling.