While Vermont participates in a cap-and-invest program to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from electric power generation, the state failed to meet its legislated goal of a 25 percent reduction below 1990 baseline greenhouse gas (GHG) levels by 2012, and unfortunately, has increased its emissions since 2012 by 16 percent. This has resulted from increased fossil fuel use for transportation and for heating homes and businesses.

Brett Williams, CSE’s Senior Transportation Principal Advisor, was selected to speak at the Connecticut EV Roadmap technical meeting on February 8, 2019. Hosted by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), the goal of the meeting was to better support the development of a self-sustaining EV market in Connecticut and inform policymakers and other stakeholders about the state’s progress thus far.

At the Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting in January, Brett Williams, CSE’s senior principal transportation advisor, spoke about electric vehicle (EV) incentive programs, their impacts, and the consumers they are influencing. A program of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, TRB provides a platform for over 13,000 of the world’s leaders in transportation to share research, perspectives and best practices – all of which may inform transportation policy at the state and federal level.

Last month, CSE Senior Principal Transportation Advisor Brett Williams presented at the 31st International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition (EVS 31) in Kobe, Japan. The World Electric Vehicle Association and the Electric Drive Transportation Association co-host the annual conference for world leaders in the electric vehicle (EV) industry. This year’s conference featured many of the most influential organizations in the electric vehicle industry, including automakers, researchers and government officials.