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- Prof. Trancik is promoted to Full Professor - 7/1/2021
- Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents research on the improvement of lithium-ion battery technology to ISSST 2021 - 6/24/2021
- Our World in Data and de Volkskrant cover the lab’s research on improvement trends in lithium-ion battery technology - 6/4/2021, 6/11/2021
- Dr. Micah S. Ziegler speaks with IEEE Spectrum about the cost decline and performance improvement of lithium-ion battery technology - 5/26/2021
- Prof. Trancik speaks with David Roberts on Vox Conversations (‘How to replace everything in the industrialized world’) about technology, innovation, and government policy, and their role in mitigating climate change equitably and efficiently, with highlights excerpted in Vox Quick Hits - 4/15/2021
- Prof. Trancik writes for The Conversation: Technology innovation gives government leverage to drive down emissions fast - 4/7/2021
- Prof. Trancik discusses clean energy technology cost decline and vehicle electrification on The Interchange podcast - 4/1/2021
- The Economist's Graphic detail features results from the lab's research on lithium-ion battery technology cost decline and performance improvement - 3/31/2021
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Prof. Trancik speaks with the BBC Newshour (at 45 min into the hour) and discusses our recent work estimating lithium-ion battery technology cost decline and performance improvement - 3/25/2021
- Paper on lithium-ion battery technology cost decline and performance improvement is published in Energy & Environmental Science and featured in MIT News, Yale Environment 360 - 3/25/2021 (MIT homepage spotlight on 3/23), and cited by BBC News Ukraine - 4/21/2021
- Paper on charging solutions for widespread vehicle electrification is published in Nature Energy and featured in MIT News, Nature Energy’s News and Views, New York Times, WBUR, The Hill - 1/21/2021, 1/29/2021, 2/1/2021, 2/17/2021 (MIT homepage spotlight on 1/24-1/25)
- Paper on the potential for widespread vehicle electrification is selected as Nature Energy’s Chief Editor Nicky Dean's favorite from the past five years - 1/21/2021
- What’s going on in this graph? The New York Times’ Learning Network uses carboncounter.com data as a learning tool and asks students everywhere to weigh in - 1/21/2021
- Carboncounter.com 2021 launches (and is featured in The New York Times) - 1/14/2021, 1/15/2021 (and on 1/25 in the opinion section)
- Prof. Trancik presents to the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation - 12/21/2020
- Ava Waitz has been awarded a 2022 Schwarzman Scholarship and was featured in MIT News - 12/15/2020
- Prof. Trancik presents at a congressional briefing on high-impact climate policies - 12/11/2020
- Prof. Trancik speaks on a C3E panel on clean energy challenges and opportunities - 12/8/2020
- Lab alum Dr. Magdalena K. Klemun has joined The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Division of Public Policy as an Assistant Professor! - 12/01/2020