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Accelerating the Electric Vehicle Transition
The race is on to deploy well over 50 million electric vehicles in the next 10 years—putting the transportation sector on the path to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
E.J. joined RMI in 2014 and is part of the Carbon-Free Mobility team. He leads several initiatives including the Mobility Innovation Lab—designed to unlock innovative solutions through multi-stakeholder convening—and passenger mobility focused on bus and TNC electrification. He also has expertise related to the intersection of electric utilities, regulation, rate design and vehicle electrification. Current projects include strategic support for the complete electrification of Bermuda’s public bus fleet, and data-driven charging infrastructure optimization for TNC electrification. Previously, EJ was the program manager for the 2019 MIL Project Accelerator, which brought together 70 participants, faculty, and facilitators for a 4-day intensive work session designed to accelerate 6 transportation electrification projects from around the country.
Background
Prior to joining RMI, E.J. worked in aerospace for Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Materials Research & Design.
Education
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University
Location
Boulder, CO
Why I Love Working At RMI
“Fundamentally, Rocky Mountain Institute is the promise of a clean and prosperous future. From this I derive abundant hope and energy.”
Authored Works
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What We Learned from 100 Million Miles of Ridehailing Data
Transportation network company (TNC) fleets, like Uber and Lyft in America, Didi in China and Ola in India, may account for a relatively small share of the number of total automobiles on the road globally. But don’t let that fool you. Electrifying ridehailing has outsized potential to reduce emissions and…
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On the Road to Clean, Equitable Mobility
The leading transportation electrification projects have a clear beginning and end, but the route in between can be a maze of forks in the road that can easily lead project teams into high congestion. An early pit stop at RMI’s Mobility Innovation Lab (MIL) can redraw the roadmap and put…
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The Vehicles Are Here—Now What? Announcing RMI’s New Mobility Problem-Solving Accelerator Workshops
It’s an exciting time for electric vehicles (EVs). As the number of models increase and the prices decrease, it seems that pretty soon there will be an EV for all needs at an affordable price. And between the Volkswagen settlement (which includes some money for electric vehicle…
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If We Cherry-Pick Data, Rely on Discredited Projections, and Ignore CO2… EVs Are Bad!
In a recent report and Politico op-ed, Jonathan Lesser of the Manhattan Institute purports to demonstrate that replacing internal combustion vehicles (ICVs) with zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs) will increase air pollution while having a negligible effect on climate change. This has sparked controversy by many within the electric…
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Understanding TNCs’ Impact on Cities
Thank you for visiting RMI Outlet. Since originally publishing a blog post on the topic of transportation network companies (TNCs) and their impacts on cities, we have received valuable feedback that we represented certain conclusions as definitive, when in fact they are not. A careful evaluation of the analysis and…
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Door-to-Downtown
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Door-to-Downtown: How Boulder, Colorado, Tested the Future of Mobility
Rocky Mountain Institute recently published a report on Boulder, Colorado’s Door-to-Downtown mobility pilot. This report details the rationale, design, operation, and results of the pilot, which offered door-to-door mobility service to downtown Boulder. Click here to download the report. Boulder, Colorado, like many cities around the United…
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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…