Transportation

Our experts examine the role of transportation in tackling climate change.

February 13, 2023

New York City May Soon Set the Pace for Municipal Vehicle Electrification

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Håkan Dahlström/Flickr

February 3, 2023

What Can We Learn From the EU Battery Law?

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

Earth and Main/Flickr

January 3, 2023

Federal Progress on EV Charging in 2022

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

December 20, 2022

The EPA’s New Truck Rule Is a Modest Step When What Is Needed Is a Giant Leap

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

December 15, 2022

Truck Loopholes 101 – When Emissions Regulations Don’t Match the Real World

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Eddi Aguirre/Unsplash

December 5, 2022

Where’s My Train? Chronic Disinvestment in Transit Leaves Us All Stuck

Kevin X. Shen
Northeast Transportation Policy Analyst/Advocate

December 1, 2022

Why UCS Supporters Are Pressing EPA to Let California Enforce Its Truck Pollution Rules

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

D. Reichmuth/UCS

November 30, 2022

The Electric Cars of the Future Are Already Here Today

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

President Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

White House/Flickr

November 21, 2022

Why New DOE Battery Recycling and Repurposing Investments Are Crucial to The Future of EVs

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

2023 white Nissan LEAF

Nissan Newsroom

November 15, 2022

Are There Enough Materials to Manufacture All the Electric Vehicles Needed?

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

November 3, 2022

New Analysis Shows Truck Manufacturers’ Scare Tactic Just a Bunch of Hot Air

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Thank You (23 Millions+) views/FLICKR

October 21, 2022

California Needs to Focus on Electrifying Big Rigs

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Row of 11 tractor trucks

TRUCKSPR/FLICKR

October 13, 2022

Changes to California’s Electric Truck Proposal Could Reap Huge Climate and Air Quality Gains

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Obi - @pixel6propix/Unsplash

October 7, 2022

Battery State of Health – What is It? Why is It Important?

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

Oxana Melis/Unsplash

October 6, 2022

California’s Proposition 30 Would Put the Transition to Clean Transportation in the Fast Lane

David Reichmuth
Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program

Daimler Truck North America

September 26, 2022

Fighting Climate Change and Unhealthy Air, California Wants to Electrify Trucks, Too

Sam Wilson
Senior Vehicles Analyst

A traffic jam on the highway

lorenz.markus97/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

September 26, 2022

Is It Possible to Phase Out Petroleum and Transform our Transportation System?

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

the batteries of a 2009 Nissan Leaf EV on display

Tennen-Gas/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0

September 20, 2022

California’s Progress Toward Recycling Policy for EV Batteries

Jessica Dunn
Scientist

A red Rivian R1T pick up

September 19, 2022

If You Live in Rural America, Here’s How to Save Money by Switching to an Electric Vehicle

Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura
Scientist

EV charging stations in parking garage

Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

September 19, 2022

Five Things to Know About the Updated EV Charging Tax Credit

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

GPA Photo Archive/Flickr

September 12, 2022

Can the Electric Grid Handle EV Charging?

Samantha Houston
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Brothers91/istock

September 8, 2022

Survey Shows Preference for EVs, Barriers Faced by Different Racial Groups

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Rufa A-zade/Wikimedia

September 5, 2022

Desperate Tampering Industry Trying to Pass RPM Act to Continue Polluting

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

Emmett Institute/Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0

August 24, 2022

California Needs a Petroleum Phaseout Plan

Jeremy Martin
Director of Fuels Policy

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