Transportation
Rate-Design Best Practices for Public Electric-Vehicle Chargers
Public direct current fast chargers (DCFC) are anticipated to play an important role in accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles (EV) and in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. However, utility demand charges—special charges based on the peak rate of electricity consumption in a month, which are applied in addition to the…
With Weaker Fuel Economy Standards, Everyone Loses, Including U.S. Automakers
On Wednesday [March 15, 2017] in Detroit, beneath a vast American flag, President Trump answered 17 automakers’ call to reopen the Mid-Term Review of the 2022–25 “CAFE” automotive efficiency standards. On his fourth day in office, he’d expedited approvals for two oil…
Austin, Texas, Poised to Be Commercial Hub for “New Mobility”
With 13 of the world’s 14 largest automakers publicly committed to delivering autonomous vehicles to the market, we can confidently say that the mobility system of the future is no longer just a concept. In fact, the commercial deployment of these self-driving vehicles is imminent, with 12 of the world’s…
Test-driving Mobility’s Future in Boulder, Colorado
With car ownership expected to peak as soon as 2020, it is clear that our mobility future is rapidly shifting, changing how we get from point A to point B. It is a critical time for cities to research and pilot new business models and methods to help people move…
Data Interoperability Enables Mobility as a Service
Guest author Jackson Crane is an RMI alum. Download the report, Collaborating Toward Data Interoperability for Mobility Transformation here. Imagine a scenario in which people can travel via a wide variety of mobility options that seamlessly get them where they want, when they want, how…