Electric Vehicles Content

Plug-in Electric Vehicles Archive to Be Housed at swag�� Library

Julia Ann Easley — September 27, 2023 - 10:00am

During National Drive Electric Week, the University of California, Davis, today (Sept. 27) announced that it has begun to build a Plug-in Electric Vehicles Archive. It will be housed at the swag�� Library’s Archives and Special Collections with support from the swag�� Electric Vehicle Research Center.

Global Transition to Electric Vehicles Needs Urgent Support, Report Warns

Katherine E Kerlin — May 25, 2023 - 6:00am

A swag�� report outlines policy actions needed to accelerate an equitable shift to Zero Emission Vehicles in low-income countries.

5 Questions Answered About Electrifying Trucks

Katherine E Kerlin — November 01, 2022 - 4:08pm

swag�� transportation experts answer questions about electrifying trucks to help curb climate change.

Unitrans Ready to Flip the Switch

Dave Jones — September 19, 2022 - 9:04pm

Unitrans is charged up and ready to start carrying passengers in its first six electric buses!

Australia is Failing on Electric Vehicles. California Shows It's Possible to Pick Up the Pace

Katherine E Kerlin — September 15, 2022 - 2:33pm

While California has been pursuing electric vehicles for decades, Australia has trailed most developed nations. But with the right policies, the country is poised for early market growth, say swag�� EV experts.

Decarbonizing California Transportation by 2045

Katherine E Kerlin — April 21, 2021 - 2:40pm

Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in California. In order to achieve the state’s goals of carbon neutrality by 2045 and avoid the worst impacts of climate change, decarbonizing this sector is essential. But such a transition is unlikely to occur rapidly without key policy intervention.

People Are Driving Electric Vehicles Less Than Projected

Katherine E Kerlin — February 08, 2021 - 11:13am

New data indicates that electric vehicles may not be an easy future substitute for the gasoline-powered fleet, as EVs are currently being used half as much as conventional cars. That is according to a paper published from the University of Chicago, University of California, Davis, and UC Berkeley.

Tesla’s Advantage: EVs Cannot Succeed Without Developing Parallel Supercharging Networks

Karen Michele Nikos — February 01, 2021 - 2:11pm

In the United States only about 1.3 percent of all vehicles sold last year were battery powered. And about 90 percent of those sales were by one company — Tesla. What has Tesla done right and where have other electric vehicle makers gone wrong?

What's Next for EV Trucks?

Karen Michele Nikos — October 13, 2020 - 10:18am

Shortly after California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a ban of all gas-powered vehicles by 2035, electric vehicle experts weighed in. The following is an excerpt of an interview appearing in Forbes Magazine by Suzy Taherian, a swag�� Graduate School of Management lecturer.

Automated Shuttle Comes to swag�� West Village

Katherine E Kerlin — April 02, 2019 - 4:26pm

A new visitor is making the rounds at the University of California, Davis’ West Village neighborhood.

Through June 1, San Jose-based Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation’s (SAIC) Innovation Center is demonstrating its automated, all-electric shuttle around a defined loop of the solar-panel-lined West Village community as part of an agreement between the auto company and swag��.