Sustainable Freight Research Center

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A program of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis

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Two electric Pepsi-branded semi trucks speeding on highway at sunset

California backs out of clean truck and train regulations ahead of Trump administration

by The Sacramento Bee
January 17, 2025

“Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis and former CARB member, said the Advanced Clean Fleets rule was intended to facilitate the transition but ultimately became unnecessary and politically problematic.” Read more here...

California backs out of clean truck and train regulations ahead of Trump administration

by Phys Org
January 16, 2025

Hazy city skyline photo with freeway leading toward downtown and blurred foliage foreground

California Drives Toward Electric Future

by Ula Chrobak, UC Davis Magazine
May 22, 2024

The pressure is on for California to meet its clean-vehicle goals. In less than two years, 35% of vehicles sold must have zero tailpipe emissions. And by 2035, all light-duty vehicles sold must be zero emissions.

USDOT awards $1.7 million in research funding to UC-Davis for Climate Change and Transportation Research Center

by Mass Transit
May 14, 2024

The new center, which will be led by Kari Watkins, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and faculty affiliate at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, will advance research and technologies to support the nation’s clean energy goals, accelerate decarbonization of the transportation sector, strengthen the resilience of the nation’s transportation infrastructure and address environmental inequities created by the transportation system.

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