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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017
An analysis by a team from the University of California, Davis, MIT and Yale suggests that households that buy a fuel-efficient vehicle tend to compensate for that purchase by buying a bigger, more powerful second vehicle. This unintended effect could erode goals of fuel economy standard policies by up to 60%.
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MARCH 3, 2021
Published in The RAND Journal of Economics and funded by the California Air Resources Board, Archsmith collaborated with Kenneth Gillingham of Yale University, Christopher Knittel of MIT, and David Rapson of the UC Davis Department of Economics to examine vehicle purchasing behaviors using California-based data. —James Archsmith.
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MARCH 2, 2010
Distribution of battery requirements for consumer-selected PHEV designs (shaded circles) compared to USABC, MIT and EPRI performance requirements. MIT proposes a B-30 mid-size car, with a more aggressive driving cycle simulation. Units USABC MIT EPRI. Source: Axsen et al. Click to enlarge. CD operation. Axsen et al.
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APRIL 22, 2016
and UC-Davis Emeritus and Bruce R. Frank is Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at the University of California, Davis, where he established the Institute for Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis), and was director of the US Department of Energy’s National Center of Hybrid Excellence at UC Davis.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
2/12/07 GM is aggressively pursuing plug-in hybrids "because of the tremendous potential to significantly increase fuel economy," according to spokesman Brian Corbett. But we want to give them cause to continue to press forward." ( MIT Technology Review ). Davis Illingworth, a senior vice president with Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.,
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