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Session 1: Launching STEPS 2015-2018 Program and Projects

May 13, 2015

www.steps.ucdavis.edu

Overview

Paul Gruber, STEPS Executive Director

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Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways (STEPS)

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Fuel Cell Vehicle

Modeling Program

1998-2002FCV

Technology

Hydrogen Pathways2003-2006FCVs & H2

Fuel Pathway

STEPS2007-2010Fuel/Vehicle

Pathway Analyses &

Comparisons

NextSTEPS2011-2014Scenarios & Transition Strategies

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STEPS is the leading global forum of low-carbon transportation stakeholders

STEPS32015-2018

Critical Transition Dynamics

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STEPS: Generate visions of fuel and vehicle futures grounded in technical and economic realities, a strong knowledge base for companies making long-term technology investments, and sophisticated analyses of future policies.

• The leading experts on modeling and analysis of alternative fuel transitions

• Preparing scientific analysis and convening policy and business decision makers

• Training next generation leaders in transportation and energy

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STEPS 2015-2018 (STEPS3): Understanding Critical Transition Dynamics for Sustainable Transportation

Key Research Themes developed with sponsors, invited experts, and team:

1. Initiating Transitions 2015-2030What is required for early alternative fuel/vehicle transitions to succeed?

2. The Future of Fuels and the Oil and Gas IndustryHow will changing geopolitical landscapes and disruptive technology in the oil and gas and clean technology industries impact future business models and the competition of fuels?

3. The Future of Global Urban Sustainable Transport (GUSTO)How will a rapidly urbanizing world affect transport and energy demand?

4. Modeling Analysis, Verification, Regulatory and International Comparisons (MAVRIC) What do improved and cross-compared energy/economic/environmental/ transportation models tell us about the future of transportation?

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STEPS 2015-2018 program developed based on input from sponsors, invited experts, and research team

We collect and integrate feedback from sponsors and outside experts, daily. A sample from our Dec. board meeting:

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No. of Board Member Reps. who ranked STEPS Research Area as #1, #2, or #3 priority

(Dec 2014 Board Survey: "What are your organization’s top 5 research areas of interest?” n: 14)

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STEPS 2015-2018 program developed based on input from sponsors, invited experts, and research team

We collect and integrate feedback from sponsors and outside experts, daily. A sample from our Dec. board meeting:

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No. of Board Member Reps. who ranked STEPS Research Themes as #1 or #2 priority

(Dec 2014 Board Survey: "In which of the STEPS 2015-2018 program areas are you/your organization interested?“ n:

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Your reference for today: list of new STEPS 2015 projects covered in symposium presentations & posters

Title PI(s)STEPS Scenario Model for Alternative Fuel Adoption in the U.S. Joan Ogden, Lew FultonWorkshop on AFVs 2025 (May 12, 2015) Lew FultonHydrogen Infrastructure for LDVs Amy JaffePEV transitions: ”What is required for early alternative fuel/vehicle transitions to succeed?” Turrentine, TomTechnology Group STEPS3 Projects (1. Advanced Liquid Fuel Vehicles and Hybrids, 2. Transitions to gaseous fuels-natural gas and hydrogen, 3. Transitions to Plug-in vehicles - EVs and PHEVs)

Andy Burke

Spatial Consumer Choice and Infrastructure: Modeling and analyzing near term transitions to alternative fueled vehicles using a spatial regional consumer choice and fueling infrastructure model

Chris Yang

PEV Consumer Behavior Studies - exact topic TBD Ken KuraniChanging Impact of Technological Changes and Urbanization on Efficiency and Global Oil Demand Amy Jaffe,Database and Analysis of Emerging Fuel Pathways in Key Policies (CA LCFS, RFS) Julie WitcoverScreening for Sustainable Fuels - Towards a Workable Tool Julie WitcoverThe Potential for Low-carbon Vehicles in Cities Around the World Lew FultonGeneration Y Travel Survey: An International Investigation of Mobility Patterns and Vehicle-Related Aspirations of Millennials

Giovanni Circella

Donate Your Travel Data: Building an International Travel Dataset One Android User at a Time Gil TalDeep New Mobility Services: Greenhouse Gas and Vehicle Travel Reductions from Future New Mobility Services

Caroline Rodier

Energy Economic System Modeling to Support Policy Analysis: Modeling Analysis, Verification, Regulatory and International Comparisons (MAVRIC) - Various Modeling Track Projects

Sonia Yeh

Trucks Modeling: Modeling and Analysis of Emissions and Costs of Sustainable Truck Futures - Incorporating Spatiality and Decision Making into Future Scenarios

Chris Yang

Exploring alternative fuels for non-highway modes Lew FultonIncorporating Strategic Business Behaviors in Infrastructure System Modeling Yueyue FanModeling Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI): Value Assessment of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment on the Grid

Joan Ogden, Mark Lubell

Improving Transportation Fuel Policy Design with Robust Decision Making Richard PlevinVehicle Controls and System Architecture (work to begin in Fall 2015, when new students enter) Francis Assadian, Andy

Burke

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STEPS 2015 Projects: Initiating Transitions

STEPS Scenario Model for Alternative Fuel Adoption in the U.S.Workshop on AFVs 2025 (May 12, 2015)Hydrogen Infrastructure for LDVsPEV Transitions: ”What is required for early alternative fuel/vehicle transitions to succeed?”Lifecycle Cost Models (1. Advanced Liquid Fuel Vehicles and Hybrids, 2. Transitions to gaseous fuels-natural gas and hydrogen, 3. Transitions to Plug-in vehicles - EVs and PHEVs)Modeling and analyzing near term transitions to alternative fueled vehicles using a spatial regional consumer choice and fueling infrastructure modelPEV Consumer Studies

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STEPS 2015 Projects: Future of Fuels and the Oil and Gas Industry

Changing Impact of Technological Changes and Urbanization on Efficiency and Global Oil DemandDatabase and Analysis of Emerging Fuel Pathways in Key Policies (CA LCFS, RFS)Screening for Sustainable Fuels - Towards a Workable Tool

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STEPS 2015 Projects: GUSTo - Global Urban Sustainable Transportation

The Potential for Low-carbon Vehicles in Cities Around the World Generation Y Travel Survey: An International Investigation of Mobility Patterns and Vehicle-Related Aspirations of MillennialsDonate Your Travel Data: Building an International Travel Dataset One Android User at a Time Deep New Mobility Services: Greenhouse Gas and Vehicle Travel Reductions from Future New Mobility Services

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STEPS 2015 Projects: MAVRIC - Modeling, Analysis, Verification, and Regional and International Comparisons

Energy Economic System Modeling to Support Policy Analysis: Modeling Analysis, Verification, Regulatory and International Comparisons (MAVRIC) - Various Modeling Track ProjectsTrucks Modeling: Modeling and Analysis of Emissions and Costs of Sustainable Truck Futures - Incorporating Spatiality and Decision Making into Future ScenariosExploring alternative fuels for non-highway modesIncorporating Strategic Business Behaviors in Infrastructure System ModelingModeling Vehicle Grid Integration (VGI): Value Assessment of Plug-in Electric Vehicle Deployment on the GridImproving Transportation Fuel Policy Design with Robust Decision MakingVehicle Controls and System Architecture

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STEPS builds and utilizes sophisticated models to inform industry and policy planning

• CA-TIMES: California Energy-Economic System Model• GCAM: Global Change Assessment Model (energy assessment)• MoMo: Global transport energy model (IEA)• GBSM: Geospatial Biorefinery Siting Model• Natural Gas Highway and Truck model• Hydrogen station siting and rollout models• EV charger siting and rollout models• CCS system model• LEM: Life cycle emissions model• AVCEM: Advanced Vehicle Cost and Energy Use Model• TOP-HDV: California truck projection model• ADVISOR: vehicle energy use simulation model• Water, land, materials and energy modelingWe’re also comparing models:• CCPM: California Climate Policy Modeling dialogue project• iTEM: International Transport/Energy Model comparison project

http://steps.ucdavis.edu/research/projects/

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STEPS team members also lead other research contracts

• Sustainable Transportation Energy Pathways for California – technical assistance

• Assessment of Critical Barriers to Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Deployment

• Strategies for Transitioning to Low-carbon Emission Trucks in the U.S.• Status Review of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard• Design and Analysis of Feebate

Policies for Sustainable ZEV and Other Low Carbon Vehicle Market Development in California and Other States

• Potential to Build Current Natural Gas Infrastructure to Accommodate the Future Conversion to Near-Zero Transportation Technology

• The Feasibility of Renewable Natural Gas as a Large-Scale, Low-Carbon Substitute

• Addressing a Renewable Natural Gas Transportation Fuel Research Roadmap

• The Development of Lifecycle Data for Hydrogen Fuel Production and Delivery

• PEV Dealer Study

http://steps.ucdavis.edu/research/projects/

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STEPS 2015 Sponsors

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California Air Resources Board

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Thank you

Joan Ogden, Director and Initiating Transitions Lead [email protected] Lew Fulton, Director and Global Mobility Lead [email protected] Amy Jaffe, Fossil Energy/Industry Strategy Lead [email protected] Sonia Yeh, Global Modeling Lead [email protected] Dan Sperling, Co-Director [email protected] Paul Gruber, Executive Director [email protected]

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Extra Slides

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Science-based input is needed for fuel and vehicle transition decisions

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Evolving Vehicle

technologies; new entrants (e.g. EVs, ICT)Evolving Fuel

technologies and pathways

Changing consumer

perceptions/ tastes,

behavior

Economic and policy

landscape Growing global travel and energy

demand

STEPS: Timely, science-based

analysis

Industry decisions Policy

decisions

Consumer decisions, societal

knowledge & leadership

Black swans/ disruptions/

paradigm shifts

Stakeholder Risk/

uncertainty

Multi-stakeholder research is ideal to gather, share and compare insights

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STEPS has world’s top leaders on alternative fuels, transportation, oil and gas, EVs, and scenarios modeling

Joan Ogden, Professor/STEPS Director: world’s top expert on economic assessment of fuels, esp. hydrogen

Lew Fulton, STEPS Director: leading analyst on global sustainable transport scenarios, formerly at IEA

Dan Sperling, Professor/STEPS Co-Director/ITS-Davis Founding Director: leading global expert on sustainable transportation and policy

Amy Myers Jaffe, Exec. Dir., Energy & Sustainability: leading global expert on oil and gas and sustainable energy

Andy Burke, Research Engineer: leading expert on vehicle technology evaluations, esp. batteries and supercapacitors

Sonia Yeh, Research Engineer: leading energy modeling known for innovative strategies on big data, GIS mapping and national policy

Tom Turrentine, Dir., PH&EV Research Center: consumer response to alternative vehicles, esp. PEV market

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STEPS3 research framework builds off of STEPS 2007-2010 and NextSTEPS 2011-2014 Programs

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HydrogenFuel Cell Vehicles

BiofuelsBio-ICE Vehicles

2nd Gen Biofuels

ElectricityBattery-electric Plug-in hybrids

Fossil FuelsBAU

Natural GasLow-carbon

fuels (incl. CCS)

Transition Dynamics - Consumer Demand & Behavior- Innovation & Business Strategy

Models & Analyses - Infrastructure System Analysis- Env./Energy/Econ. Cost Analyses- Vehicle Technology Evaluation- Mobility, VMT, Travel Behavior

Policy Analysis - Market instruments- Fuel requirements- Sustainability standards

Integrative Scenarios & Transition Strategies

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NextSTEPS program issues white papers that answer critical questions on low carbon, alt. fuel transitions: How will/won’t these transitions unfold?

White Paper Draft Release to Consortium Public Release Leaders

Biofuels April 2014 May 2014 Lew Fulton, Nathan Parker, Steve Kaffka, Geoff Morrison

Electric Vehicles May June Tom Turrentine, Ken Kurani

Hydrogen June August Joan Ogden, Chris Yang, Mike Nicholas, Lew Fulton

Natural Gas January 2015 February Amy Jaffe, Rosa Dominguez

CCS 2015 2015 Joan Ogden, Nils Johnson, Nathan Parker

Non-LDV Subsectors 2015 2015 Lew Fulton

Integrative Scenarios for Low C Sustainable Futures

2015 2015 Joan Ogden, Lew Fulton, Sonia Yeh, Chris Yang

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STEPS3 Program builds on these studies to further understanding of “critical transition dynamics”

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1. Initiating Transitions 2015-2030

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What is required for early alternative fuel/vehicle transitions to succeed?Motivation & Value:

Significant progress in alternative fuels and vehicles has been achieved over the past decades but none of the alternatives have reached mass-market scale. We appear to be on the cusp of an initial transition for several new sustainable transportation technologies. This research area aims to understand the potential and likely role of alternative fuels and vehicles over the next 15 years. We examine technology progress, stakeholder roles, transition dynamics, commercialization strategies, and the role of policy in driving and supporting transitions during this critical period.

Key Research Questions:

• What can we learn about the barriers and opportunities and the costs and benefits of introducing new fuels and vehicles?

• How are vehicle rollouts proceeding for electric vehicles, natural gas, biofuels and hydrogen? Which strategies are proving effective, and which are not?

• What have we learned about the policy landscape for sustainable transportation?

• How much public and private investment is needed to reach cost competitiveness with incumbents?

• What values, thresholds, limits, or other indicators signal the need for change to investments, policies, or other behavioral levers?

• What is required to develop a business case for new fuels and vehicles?

• How does adoption of alternative fuels up to 2030 impact the outlook for meeting longer-term sustainability goals and realizing different sustainable transportation futures?

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2. The Future of the Fuels Industry

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How will changing geopolitical landscapes and disruptive technology in the oil and gas and clean tech industry impact future business models and the competition of fuels?Motivation & Value: Transformational technologies are changing the oil and gas industry, with dramatic impacts on energy trade, the competition of fuels, and the composition of future energy demand. This research area focuses on how the fuels industry will adapt to geopolitical and technology changes and climate concerns over time and how the industry will meet the challenges of rising demand for sustainable fuels.

Key Research Questions:

• In the absence of strong policies leading to sustainable transportation, what is the baseline outlook for future oil demand, and how might it change over time?

• How will the proliferation of big data analytics and the internet of things constrain growth in demand in the coming two decades?

• What role will changing automotive technologies and mobility services, e.g., car and ride sharing, have on oil demand?

• What are possible mixes of fuels and vehicles over time in a carbon-constrained world?

• What is the future role of liquid fuels versus gaseous fuels and electricity? How might biofuels penetrate liquid fuels markets?

• What do abundant, unconventional natural gas resources mean for the low carbon future?

• What are future technology and fuels options for the heavy duty, aviation and marine sectors?

• How will industry respond to regulatory and/or societal demands for reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improved environmental quality for air, water, land use and materials?

• How might the oil industry transition to more sustainable fuels?

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3. The Future of Global Urban Sustainable Transport

How will a rapidly urbanizing world affect demand for transport and energy? How can we transition to sustainable transportation in a rapidly urbanizing world with ever-growing need for mobility?Motivation & Value: The world’s urban population is expected to rise from 3.5 billion today to ~7 billion by 2050. This research area focuses on transitions to more sustainable urban transport and compares developed and developing cities, regions, and countries. The role of information and communication technologies (ICT), big data, new mobility paradigms, integration of modes, and introduction of new fuel and vehicle technologies will be addressed holistically to describe likely future trends and identify forces and factors that might change VMT and system formats from an energy and GHG perspective.

Key Research Questions:

• What are the likely growth trends for urban travel around the world, taking into account shifts in land use, modal shares, new types of vehicles, and car ownership and use? What are the social, personal, political, economic, and technological constraints on the rates of change? Which of these tend to resist change, and which compel change?

• How will urbanization affect future transport and energy demand?

• What are the implications of growing and evolving cities for CO2 emissions, transport and energy infrastructure requirements, and materials requirements?

• How might different types of policies play a role in improving alternative modes and deploying alternative fuels in this context? What are the possible impacts of greater use of ICT?

• How much and what kinds of investments and supporting policies will be needed to achieve more sustainable mobility? How does the picture differ around the world, and what trends appear likely to be global?

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4. Modeling Analysis, Verification, Regulatory and International Comparisons

What do improved and cross-compared energy/economic/environmental/ transportation models tell us about the future of transportation?Motivation & Value:

STEPS 2015-2018 will continue to develop a wide range of models and related tools to conduct research and create future scenarios. This research area will increase the focus on innovative tool development, validation—including a review of previous modeling results from today’s perspectives to learn and improve models—and comparison with other existing methods. These efforts will directly support priority research activities but also serve as an independent effort to assess the state of modeling and improve modeling practices in the area of sustainable transport, with a geographic scope that includes California, the U.S. and the world.

Key Research Questions:

• What do existing models at the California, U.S. and international levels tell us about different possible energy and transportation futures and the paths to those futures?

• How have the forecasts and models of market adoption of new vehicle and fuel technologies developed during the STEPS 2007–2010 and NextSTEPS 2011–2014 programs performed relative to their actual market penetration? What lessons can be learned and applied to improve our future models and forecasts?

• How do model projections and scenarios compare and what can we learn from each?

• How can a wide range of diverse and divergent scenarios/modeling outcomes be used to help inform decision-making and policy design in the face of significant uncertainty? Are there robust strategies that we can identify?

• What assumptions are being made and which ones matter most? What metrics of change over time are required to assess the comparative likelihood of alternative energy pathways, including one dominated by shale oil and gas, meeting sustainability goals and timelines?

• How can we improve our own scenario making and use our own models in a better fashion to help us assess policies?

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Sponsorship/Membership Benefits

• Interaction Plan - At the beginning of each program year, we coordinate a personalized conversation with your organization’s key contacts to ensure that you receive the maximum value from your contribution.

• Research Symposia and Workshops - Each year two to four invitation-only events are held on the latest research related to critical industry planning and government policy topics.

– Save the Date: 2030 Targets Workshop and Spring Symposium, May 12-13, 2015

– Save the Date: Emerging Technologies workshops, July 13 (Biofuels) , Sept 18 (MD/HD), Dec 8 (ZEVs)

– Save the Date: STEPS Fall Symposium, Dec 10-11, 2015

• Advisory Board Membership - The board meets once a year to receive an update on the latest research and to advise STEPS leadership on future research, events, and communications.

– Save the Date: STEPS Board meeting, August 18, 2015 (precedes Aug 18-21 Asilomar conference)

• Focused Requests and Campus Visits - STEPS is pleased to accommodate special sponsor requests for interaction on specific topics, and host visits to facilitate interactions related to these requests.

• Briefings, Reports and Webinars - Researchers produce publications as one of their primary outputs. Additionally, researchers issue working papers and reports over the course of the program. Monthly research briefings, periodic webinars, and quarterly reports are issued highlighting recent research results and events and upcoming activities.

• Public Process Activities - Special public process events are periodically held that include briefings and webinars for policy makers and their staff. STEPS sponsors are encouraged to attend these events.

• Internships and Extended Sponsor Visits - STEPS is pleased to support student internships at sponsor locations, host extended visits by sponsors at ITS-Davis, and send research leaders to visit sponsors.

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STEPS produces timely, science-based analysis, tools and insights to inform industry and gov’t planning

• Sponsors receive first access to preliminary research– White papers, working papers, posters– Research insight emails– Q reports detailing research insights and progress– 16 symposia and topical workshops

• 472+ original publications, white papers, reports, theses and dissertations, conference proceedings, comments released (through Dec. 2014)– 244 journal articles (201 in peer-reviewed journals)– 38 book chapters and books– 148 research reports– 42 dissertations, theses, working papers, conference papers, op-eds, and comments

• Educate sustainable transportation leaders in industry, gov’t., and societal organizations– 15 Masters degrees and 14 PhD degrees awarded

• NextSTEPS team members serve on major international, U.S., CA committees and boards on transport, energy, and environment

• Fostering an informed public dialogue– Research insights released on ITS-Davis website; co-release of research through Policy Institute and

National Center for Sustainable Transportation– Webinars– Blogs– Social media feeds – Twitter, Facebook, (LinkedIn pending)

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STEPS produces timely, science-based analysis, tools and insights to inform industry and gov’t planning

White Papers and Market Reports with strong impact• Natural Gas in U.S. Trucking• The Hydrogen Transition• Three Routes Forward for Biofuels: Incremental, Transitional, and Leapfrog• PEV Market Update briefing

Publications/Reports had strong impact• Natural Gas as a Bridge to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Light-duty Vehicles• Analysis of Medium Duty Hybrid-Electric Truck Technologies using Electricity, Diesel, CNG, and Hydrogen as t

he Fuel for Delivery Applications• Ultracapacitors in the Place of Batteries in Hybrid Vehicles • A Roadmap for Repowering California for all Purposes with Wind, Water, and Sunlight• Bioenergy and Climate-Change Mitigation: An Assessment• "Transport," chapter 8 in

Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change (Working Group III Contribution to Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)• Status Review of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard - July 2014 Issue• Oil Demand, Supply, and Medium-Term Price Prospects: A Wavelets-Based Analysis

Multi-Stakeholder Research Symposia, Board Meetings and Topical Workshops• NextSTEPS 2011-2014: A Four Year Perspective • International Transportation Energy Modeling Workshop• PEV Dealer Sales• California Climate Policy Modeling Dialogue• Alternative Fuels in Fleets • Natural Gas in U.S. Transportation• Natural Gas in China Transportation

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STEPS webinars and weekly emailed research insights on timely, relevant topics

Webinars• Natural Gas in U.S. Trucking• Webinar: Future Transportation Energy Water Use Under California's Climate Goals• The Hydrogen Transition• Three Routes Forward for Biofuels• Modeling Optimal Transition Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy in California• GFEI: Potential Savings through Global Fuel Economy

Weekly Emailed Research Insights• Research Insight: NextSTEPS Alternative Fuels in Fleets workshop summary• Policy Brief: Evaluating the Impact of High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Access on Plug-in Vehicles in California• Webinar, Report, and Briefing: Three Routes Forward for Biofuels• Insights & Materials: NextSTEPS Spring 2014 Research Symposium• Webinar, Report and Briefing: Plug-In Electric Vehicle Market Briefing• CA-Times Policymaker Summary• Research Insight: Analysis of Class 8 Hybrid-Electric Truck Technologies• Research Insight: NextSTEPS Alternative Fuels in Fleets workshop summary• Webinar, Report, and Briefing: California Climate Policy Modeling Dialogue• Research Insight: NextSTEPS Natural Gas in China workshop summary files• Briefing: Lightweighting in Vehicles: Magnesium's Oversized Carbon Footprint• Briefing: "Delivering the Green" Sustainable Freight• Briefing: iTEM: International Transport/Energy Model Comparison• Briefing: Summary of four publications on charging and the PEV market• Oil Price Cycle• Charging Etiquette

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ITS-Davis/STEPS is helping foster a more informed public dialogue through blogs, briefings, and other public outreach

Blogs and Briefings• An Innovative Path to Sustainable Transportation, Sperling in Access Magazine• Trip Generation for Smart Growth Projects, Handy in Access Magazine• Recent Trends in Water Use and Production for California Conventional and Unconventional Oil Production,

Yeh et al• The Future of Electric Vehicles Part 1: Car Dealers Hold the Key, Cahill, Sperling• The Future of Electric Vehicles Part 2: Collective Efforts Needed to Break the Retail Bottleneck, Cahill,

Turrentine• The Science of Reducing Emissions: Which Transportation and Land-Use Strategies Show the Most Promise

?, Handy• Beyond 33 Percent: California’s Renewable Future, Policy Institute• Guest Column: The benefits of investing in energy research and development, Lin• The Surprising News About Vehicle Emissions, Dan Sperling in WSJ• The Secret to Saving the Automotive Revolution, Dan Sperling in WSJ• Fuel Fix, blog by Amy Jaffe• Are Plug-in Vehicles Turning the Corner? by Tom Turrentine• UC Davis Climate Modeling: We Can Cut Carbon by 2030, in Sync with State Goals by Sonia Yeh• UC Davis Transportation Research Contributes to New Climate Change Report by Dan Sperling• Commentary: On electric plug-in cars, men and women two different sides of same coin by Nicolette

Caperello• Energy and Climate Experts Find Wide Range of 2030 Emissions Targets on Path to 2050• Sperling at SAE: Potholes and Promises on the Path to Vehicle Electrification• Natural Gas Vehicles: Good or Bad for Climate?