In the 2018 Management Excellence category, Gold was nominated for «improved data
sharing to accelerate the
adoption of new technologies that increase transportation safety and efficiency, including self - driving cars and
vehicles that communicate with one another».
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.