STEPS3 Summary Papers (2015-2018)

STEPS3: Research Findings

Compilation of Summary Papers

Table of Contents

Part 1. The Big Picture

• Technology and Fuel Transition Scenarios to Low Greenhouse Gas Futures for Cars and Trucks in California
• Making the Transition to Light-duty Electric-drive Vehicles in the U.S.: Costs in Perspective to 2035

Part 2. Initiating Transitions

• Steering the Electric Vehicle Transition to Sustainability

Part 3. Future of Fuels

• Status Review of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• Comparison of “Advanced” Biofuel Cost Estimates: Trends During Rollout of Low Carbon Fuel Policies
• Renewable Natural Gas as a Sustainable Transportation Fuel in California
• The Hydrogen Fuel Pathway for Air Transportation
• Estimating Hydrogen Fuel Demand and Infrastructure Need from Medium-and Heavy-duty Fuel Cell Vehicles in California
• A Comparison of Zero-Emission Highway Trucking Technologies
• Analysis of advanced battery-electric long haul trucks: batteries, performance, and economics

Part 4. Global Urban Sustainable Transport (GUSTO)

• Three Revolutions in Urban Transportation: United States
• Internal Combustion Engine Bans and Global Oil Use

Part 5. Modeling Analysis, Verification, Regulatory and International Comparisons (MAVRIC)

• Grid Integration of Electric Vehicles: A Case Study of Southern California
• Truck Choice Modeling: Transitioning to ZEVs from a Fleet Perspective
• Integration of Behavioral Effects from Vehicle Choice Models into Long-term Energy Systems Optimization Models
• Low-carbon Energy Generates Public Health Savings in California