Decarbonizing US passenger vehicle transport under electrification and automation uncertainty has a travel budget

AF Alarfaj, WM Griffin, C Samaras - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The transportation sector is at the beginning of a transition represented by electrification,
shared mobility, and automation, which could lead to either increases or decreases in total …

On-demand automotive fleet electrification can catalyze global transportation decarbonization and smart urban mobility

G Bauer, C Zheng, JB Greenblatt… - … science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
Mobility on-demand vehicle (MODV) services have grown explosively in recent years,
threatening targets for local air pollution and global carbon emissions. Despite evidence that …

[HTML][HTML] Decarbonization potential of electrifying 50% of US light-duty vehicle sales by 2030

M Woody, GA Keoleian, P Vaishnav - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The US federal government has established goals of electrifying 50% of new light-duty
vehicle sales by 2030 and reducing economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 50-52% by …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating electric vehicle uptake favours greenhouse gas over air pollutant emissions

D Mehlig, I Staffell, M Stettler, H ApSimon - Transportation Research Part D …, 2023 - Elsevier
The rapid uptake of new vehicle technologies will change the environmental impact of road
transport. The emissions produced in power plants supplying electric vehicles (EVs) and …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term US transportation electricity use considering the effect of autonomous-vehicles: Estimates & policy observations

P Fox-Penner, W Gorman, J Hatch - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, we model three layers of transportation disruption–first electrification, then
autonomy, and finally sharing and pooling–in order to project transportation electricity …

The shape of electrified transportation

M Muratori, T Mai - Environmental Research Letters, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Transportation is currently the least-diversified energy demand sector, with over 90% of
global transportation energy use coming from petroleum products [1]. For more than a …

It's up to us: Policies to improve climate outcomes from automated vehicles

JM Greenwald, A Kornhauser - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Vehicle automation is coming, but environmental and energy imperatives are NOT what's
motivating it. In fact, its energy and environmental outcomes are deeply uncertain. The …

Potential for widespread electrification of personal vehicle travel in the United States

ZA Needell, J McNerney, MT Chang, JE Trancik - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Electric vehicles can contribute to climate change mitigation if coupled with decarbonized
electricity, but only if vehicle range matches travellers' needs. Evaluating electric vehicle …

[HTML][HTML] Emissions of electric vehicles in California's transition to carbon neutrality

A Jenn - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
California has a many activities targeting specific sectors to mitigate climate change. This
study models several scenarios of future electric vehicle emissions in the state and explores …

Transport electrification: the effect of recent battery cost reduction on future emission scenarios

OY Edelenbosch, AF Hof, B Nykvist, B Girod… - Climatic change, 2018 - Springer
Although the rapid fall in the costs of batteries has made electric vehicles (EVs) more
affordable and boosted their sales, EVs still account for only a fraction of total car sales. In …