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UC report to CalEPA outlines policy options to decarbonize California transportation by 2045

Green Car Congress

The UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy coordinated the report’s policy management, and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change led the study’s equity and environmental justice research. These are: Light-duty vehicles: cars and light trucks, mostly used for personal transportation.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Most automotive manufacturers say they plan to use renewable energy in the future, but for now, most battery production relies on electric grids largely powered by fossil fuels. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does. fleet of light vehicles.