news – Trancik Lab

Prof. Trancik speaks with The Atlantic about the rapid growth in solar energy adoption globally – 10/23/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about the evolving nature of lithium supply and demand – 10/11/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with the BBC about electric trucks and carboncounter.com – 10/2/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks at the UN’s ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum about digitalization, energy access, and an equitable clean energy transition during Climate Week – 9/27/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with NPR about the real environmental effects of electric vehicles – 9/23/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with The Wall Street Journal about the potential for appliance-scale energy storage – 4/16/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with NPR’s Camila Domonoske on a program addressing listeners’ questions about electric vehicles – 03/24/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with the Energy Gang about how to deploy new technologies at scale – 03/05/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks with Prof. Dahleh about technological change on the podcast Data Nation – 02/29/2024
Prof. Trancik speaks to the Washington Post about green ratings for vehicles – 02/28/2024
Lauren Aguilar joins the lab as an Undergraduate Research Assistant – 02/01/2024
Prof. Trancik writes for Newsweek about vehicle electrification and the role of government policy – 01/12/2024
Dr. Shantanu T. Chakraborty joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate – 01/01/2024
Lab alum Dr. Micah S. Ziegler has joined the Georgia Institute of Technology as an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the School of Public Policy! – 01/01/2024
Prof. Trancik attends COP28 to meet with the United Nations Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition and to present at an Accenture-led session on the decarbonization of heavy industry – 12/06/2023
Dr. Christine Gschwendtner is awarded a Postdoc fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation to support her research on demand-side management and electrification for the next two years – 12/01/2023
Dr. Christine Gschwendtner joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate – 11/30/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about trends in electric vehicle sales – 11/29/2023
Bloomberg article on scrappage programs for high-emitting vehicles references Trancik Lab research – 11/20/2023
Beomjun Kim joins the lab as a Graduate Research Assistant – 09/01/2023
Seth Blum joins the lab as a Graduate Research Assistant – 09/01/2023
Dr. Farhad Angizeh joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate – 09/01/2023
Lab alum Dr. Wei Wei has joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) as an Assistant Professor in the Intelligent Transportation Thrust of the Systems Hub! – 08/31/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with the Boston Globe about the role of soft technologies in accelerating the adoption of clean energy technologies – 8/24/2023
Paper on reducing the system, and especially soft, costs of solar energy technologies is published in Nature Energy and featured in MIT News – 8/17/2023 (MIT homepage spotlight on 8/20), a Nature Energy News & Views article – 8/17/2023, and E&E News’ EnergyWire – 8/18/2023
The Lab’s research into the steep cost declines of clean energy technologies is mentioned in The New York Times – 8/13/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with the AP about the environmental impacts and adoption of electric vehicles – 8/6/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with NPR’s Marketplace about cost declines in electric vehicles – 7/19/2023
The Trancik Lab’s carboncounter.com is featured in The Washington Post’s guide to electric vehicles – 4/18/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with Bloomberg about solar-powered electric vehicles – 3/29/2023
Prof. Trancik discusses the role of research and development and understanding demand in automakers’ efforts to scale production of electric vehicles on NPR’s Marketplace – 3/23/2023
Paper on strategies for electric vehicle charging to help the grid and store solar energy is published in Cell Reports Physical Science, and featured in MIT News, The Hill – 3/15/2023, Fast Company – 3/17/2023, and Cleantechnica – 3/20/2023
Prof. Trancik speaks with NPR’s Marketplace about the strategic placement of chargers for electric vehicles – 2/16/2023
New report released: Accelerating Climate Innovation: A Mechanistic Approach and Lessons for Policymakers – 1/31/2023
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler joins the steering committee of Macro-Energy Systems – 12/23/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Bloomberg about hybrid vehicles and how vehicle choices can shift the market for sustainable transportation – 12/19/2022
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents his research on sustainable energy systems and possible opportunities for chemical and materials technologies at the AIChE Annual Meeting – 11/17/2022
Paper on equivalency metrics used to compare emissions of short- and long-lived greenhouse gases is published in Climatic Change – 11/11/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Bloomberg about electric vehicle charging and electrifying transportation – 10/28/2022
Prof. Trancik joins Ira Flatow on Science Friday to discuss electric vehicles – 10/7/2022
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents his research on energy systems and technological change as part of the seminar series for the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania – 9/21/2022
Results from our study on the cost decline of lithium-ion batteries are mentioned in The New York Times – 9/16/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about how tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act could help reduce vehicle costs and more equitably distribute benefits of electric vehicles – 9/9/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with the Wall Street Journal about how government policies can drive innovation in clean energy technologies – 8/24/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about government policies designed to make electric vehicle charging more accessible and equitable – 7/20/2022
Our study on the improvement of lithium-ion batteries is mentioned on Marketplace – 7/14/2022
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents in the keynote session on Energy Systems at MIT A+B and discusses how to accelerate improvement of energy storage technologies – 7/5/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about the need to make the infrastructure for charging electric vehicles universal – 6/9/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Forbes about the environmental impacts of choosing personal vehicles, highlighting carboncounter.com – 5/26/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with ABC News about the current state of our energy system, and transitioning to renewable resources and other clean energy, battery energy storage, and electric vehicles – 4/20/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with The Wall Street Journal about the steep cost declines in solar and lithium-ion battery technologies – 4/4/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with NBC News about government policies designed to spur domestic manufacturing of battery materials – 4/3/2022
Prof. Trancik discusses the future of electric vehicles at a live event hosted by The Hill – 3/16/2022
Dr. Wei Wei presents at Transforming Transportation: Climate-Centered Mobility for a Sustainable Recovery – 2/17/2022
Prof. Trancik presents on energy storage technologies and transportation at Stanford’s StorageX International Symposium – 2/11/2022
Dr. Wei Wei and Prof. Trancik speak with USA Today about the deployment of infrastructure for electric vehicles – 2/11/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with AP News about strategies for deploying charging infrastructure in order to enable adoption of electric vehicles – 2/10/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Wired about electric vehicles, range anxiety, and deploying charging infrastructure equitably – 2/9/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about fast chargers for electric vehicles and how far Americans drive regularly – 2/10/2022
Dr. Wei Wei presents at the Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting – 1/10/2022
Wei Wei successfully defends her doctoral thesis – 1/4/2022
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace about strategies to improve the deployment of EV chargers – 12/14/2021
Prof. Trancik speaks with USA Today to clarify the environmental impacts of switching to electric vehicles – 12/13/2021
Carboncounter.com is featured by The Washington Post in a list of inventions and plans that are addressing climate change – 11/8/2021
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents at Stanford’s Energy Resources Engineering Seminar series and discusses the improvement of lithium-ion battery technologies – 11/01/2021
Prof. Trancik presents at Nature’s conference on Waste Management and Valorisation for a Sustainable Future – 10/26/2021
Prof. Trancik presents at INFORMS on research with Wei Wei on high-impact locations for electric vehicle charging stations – 10/23/2021
Wei Wei has been awarded a 2021 Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency – 10/19/2021
Dr. Micah S. Ziegler presents at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and discusses the improvement of energy storage technologies – 9/20/2021
Prof. Trancik speaks at the launch event for the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, an independent advisory council to the United Nations Secretary General – 9/16/2021
NOVA podcast with Prof. Trancik discusses electric vehicle infrastructure needs – 8/20/2021
Prof. Trancik speaks with Marketplace Tech and Marketplace about vehicle electrification – 7/29/2021, 8/5/2021
Prof. Trancik speaks with The World about battery thermal management – 8/2/2021
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 NPR’s New England News Collaborative about the future of electric vehicles – 4/22/2021
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
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
Paper on the sources of cost overruns in nuclear power plant construction published in Joule and featured in MIT News, Ars Tecnica, Energy Futures, Forbes, Greentech Media – 11/18/2020, 11/21/2020, 11/25/2020, 12/1/2020, 12/8/2020
Prof. Trancik speaks with Connecticut Public Radio about research on methane leaks and mitigation strategies – 11/19/2020
Report published on New Mexico’s energy transition and opportunities on the path to decarbonization, and presented to NM Legislature’s Water and Natural Resources Committee – 10/27/2020, 11/9/2020
Prof. Trancik discusses the lab’s research on hydrogen production technology and related infrastructure at MITEI’s first virtual Annual Research Conference (summarized by MITEI here) – 11/17/2020
Prof. Trancik speaks with Utility Dive about the impact of a blockchain standard for electric vehicle integration and the importance of equitable technology innovation – 10/19/2020
Paper on research priorities for supporting subnational climate policies published in WIREs Climate Change and summarized here – 8/13/2020, 8/17/2020
Dr. Aliza Khurram joins the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate – 9/14/2020