Electrification of transportation vehicles is only part of the solution.
Not exact matches
«Hydro - Québec has developed extensive expertise in the area
of battery materials scale - up and commercialization for electric
vehicles and grid storage,» said Karim Zaghib, General Director
of the Center
of Excellence in
Transportation,
Electrification and Energy Storage and Conversion (CETEES) at Hydro - Québec.
«In the
transportation sector,
electrification and expansion
of both passenger and freight rail and conversion
of on - road
vehicles to electric drive, hybrids, and turbo diesels, coupled with the recently enacted CAFÉ standards, will allow total residual carbon emissions to drop well below 10 percent
of today's levels.
It also seeks to expand research on the scale up
of EV deployment, including such topics as policy efficacy, barriers to adoption, the
electrification of public
transportation, grid integration and load management, and synergies with automated, connected and shared
vehicles.
The
transportation sector has shown early signals
of adaptation too, as automakers keep establishing ambitious plans for
electrification of their future fleets and ten states so far have Zero Emission
Vehicle (ZEV) programmes to encourage the deployment
of electric
vehicles.
Instead
of the original mandate on petroleum use, Capitol Weekly reports that these so - called «
Transportation Electrification» provisions use marketplace competition between utilities and the tech sector to cut California's reliance on petroleum as a transportation fuel and grow zero emiss
Transportation Electrification» provisions use marketplace competition between utilities and the tech sector to cut California's reliance on petroleum as a
transportation fuel and grow zero emiss
transportation fuel and grow zero emissions
vehicles.
Finally, it is important to note that ISO New England's forecasts make no explicit assumptions regarding the future
electrification of other sectors, including heating (via high - efficiency heat pumps) or the
transportation sector (via electric
vehicles).
We will transform American
transportation by reducing oil consumption through cleaner fuels,
vehicle electrification increasing the fuel efficiency
of cars, boilers, ships, and trucks.
For instance, Bloomberg New Energy Finance forecasts that electric
vehicles will be «price competitive on an unsubsidized basis beginning in 2025,» indicating that by the end
of the forecast period for CELT 2018, the region may be in the midst
of a substantial shift towards
electrification of the
transportation industry.
The
transportation study shows how a combination
of electrification and increase in
vehicle efficiency could significantly lower emissions from this sector.
The
electrification of Singapore's
transportation has received growing interest ever since it was reported that an international panel
of experts pegged Singapore as an ideal place to launch an electric
vehicle (EV) network.
While consumer electric
vehicles like the Tesla and the Bolt get a lot more press than commercial
vehicles, the delivery and logistics sector that provides «last - mile»
transportation of goods and services in and around cities each day is a prime candidate for
electrification.
Clearly, both a switch to less polluting electricity combined with
vehicle electrification would be needed to reduce the majority
of environmental damages associated with emissions from
transportation via
electrification.