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The Clean Miles Standard (CMS) is a California regulation requiring transportation network companies (TNCs) and autonomous vehicle (AV) providers with over 5 million annual vehicle miles traveled to transition to zero-emissions vehicles. By 2030, the regulation mandates that emissions from passenger miles traveled must be zero and 90 percent of all vehicle miles traveled must be powered by electric vehicles. To support this transition, the regulation establishes the Drivers Assistance Program (DAP) to provide financial and educational support to low- and moderate-income drivers, ensuring they are not disproportionately burdened by the shift. Compliance is monitored by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC), with mechanisms for over-compliance and optional credits for infrastructure investment or public transit integration.

The European transport sector requires a fundamental shift to support a green Europe by 2049. Current transport systems contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and noise, impacting both human health and biodiversity. Proposed solutions include widespread electrification, automation, and shared mobility to reduce resource consumption and urban congestion. A vision for 2049 involves a multimodal system where public transport, cycling, and walking dominate urban areas, while electric bikes and sustainable liquid fuels (such as advanced biofuels or e-fuels) serve rural and long-distance needs. Achieving this requires strategic urban planning, pricing reforms—such as road pricing to replace fuel taxes—and EU policies that accelerate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles and renewable energy.

The document analyzes the dual potential of autonomous vehicles (AVs) to serve as a climate solution or an environmental liability. While AVs could reduce emissions through electrification, platooning, and shared transit, the proliferation of single-occupancy AVs risks increasing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and urban sprawl. The brief emphasizes that achieving climate goals requires integrating AVs into multimodal, electric urban systems that prioritize mass transit, biking, and walking over private vehicle use.

The document examines how autonomous vehicles (AVs) could either reduce or increase greenhouse gas emissions depending on whether they are deployed as shared, electric mass transit or as private, single-occupancy vehicles. While AVs offer potential efficiency gains through 'platooning' and reduced vehicle weight, they risk increasing vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and urban sprawl. The brief highlights the necessity of integrating AVs into multimodal urban systems and reviews current testing and regulatory efforts in the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

The Automaker Roadmap for Climate Scenario Analysis, commissioned by Ceres, establishes a framework for automakers to integrate climate scenario analysis into their strategic planning. It emphasizes the need for transparent and consistent methodologies to allow for comparisons with independent scientific bodies and other original equipment manufacturers. The guide highlights key factors for achieving warming limits of well below 2°C and an aspiration of 1.5°C, including the adoption of electric and fuel-efficient vehicles and the use models of shared and autonomous vehicles. It advocates for dynamic scenarios that challenge conventional wisdom and account for uncertainties to build resilient responses to climate change.

The document outlines a collaborative project involving the Stockholm Environment Institute, Skogforsk, Einride, and various forest industry stakeholders to identify viable fossil-free transport alternatives for Swedish forest biomass and products. It highlights that forest transport accounts for approximately 25% of heavy truck work on Swedish roads, often utilizing vehicles weighing 64 tons or more. The project focuses on assessing novel battery-electric HGVs against state-of-the-art biofuel solutions, such as HVO100 and liquified biogas (LBG), across three primary use cases: direct transport from forests to industry, trans-shipment logistics, and internal industrial site movements. The evaluation will consider technological fit, full implementation costs, and lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions to recommend solutions for future piloting and demonstration.

The report analyzes the transition toward electric vehicles (EVs), shared mobility, and autonomous vehicles (AVs) in China, India, and the United States. It argues that while battery costs will likely lead to price parity with combustion vehicles within 5–10 years, coordinated policies—such as China's mix of rewards and punishments or India's focus on high-utilization vehicles—are necessary to accelerate adoption. The authors emphasize that shared mobility and AVs must be electrified and pooled to avoid increasing congestion and pollution, and suggest that China and India may leapfrog the US model of private car ownership due to rapid urbanization.

The document argues that the slow adoption of new mobility—driven by autonomy, shared ride platforms, and electric powertrains—is due to imperfect technology and incomplete service packages. It suggests that integrating design thinking and mass customization into the development of physical vehicles and service offerings can unlock market potential and reduce reliance on personal vehicle ownership.

The report examines how autonomous vehicles (AVs) could affect the Washington, DC, metro region by 2040, finding that while pooled AVs and transit investments increase job access, AVs generally increase total driving and disproportionately increase congestion in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

RMI and Uber collaborated on an EV Pilot in Austin, Texas, to transition high-mileage rideshare drivers to electric vehicles. Through driver focus groups and education sessions, the project identified key barriers to adoption—including insufficient DC fast charging, range anxiety, and lack of awareness regarding cost savings—and developed strategies to address them, such as in-app notifications for riders and strategic charging infrastructure deployment by Austin Energy.

The document discusses the potential of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) to advance climate-resilient, low-carbon development in developing countries, specifically in relation to the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.

The paper explores the intersection of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and climate goals, arguing that exponential technologies—those with rapidly falling costs and improving performance—can allow developing nations to 'leapfrog' obsolete infrastructure. By analyzing the NDCs of six priority countries, the authors map potential applications of AI, blockchain, IoT, and advanced materials across energy, transport, and agriculture sectors. While highlighting opportunities for decarbonization and financial inclusion, the document warns of risks including job displacement due to automation and the potential for energy-intensive technology lock-in.

The Door-to-Downtown (d2d) pilot in Boulder, Colorado, tested a public-private partnership to shift residents and visitors from personal vehicles to shared mobility services. By offering a $5 discount on inbound trips, the program attracted 5,400 registrants and generated nearly 2,500 trips, primarily peaking on Fridays. The pilot demonstrated that MaaS can alleviate downtown parking pressure and provide a scalable model for future electric and autonomous vehicle integration to meet carbon reduction goals.

The analysis finds that high utility demand charges are a primary barrier to the profitability of public DCFC operators, sometimes accounting for over 90% of electricity costs. By modeling current usage data from 230 California stations across four future EV growth scenarios, the report demonstrates that proposed EV-specific tariffs from Southern California Edison (SCE) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E)—which reduce or eliminate demand charges—would significantly lower costs and enable a more sustainable business model. The authors argue for a shift toward time-varying volumetric rates and the socialization of some infrastructure costs to meet California's transportation electrification goals.

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argues that the impact of self-driving vehicles depends on policy guidance. To prevent increased vehicle miles traveled and emissions, the UCS recommends pairing autonomous technology with low-carbon vehicles, integrating them with mass transit, and incentivizing shared rides. The brief also emphasizes the need for equitable access, a 'just transition' for displaced workers in trucking and taxi industries, and open data-sharing to inform science-based policy.

The document provides an overview of autonomous vehicle (AV) technology and its potential societal impacts. It highlights risks including increased vehicle miles traveled, potential for increased climate emissions if gasoline-powered, and algorithmic biases in detecting people of color and children. To address these, the Union of Concerned Scientists proposes seven guiding principles focusing on safety, clean vehicles, integrated transit, improved access, just transition for workers, public accountability, and livable communities.

The City of Boulder implemented the 'Door to Downtown' (d2d) pilot program, offering $5 discounts on rides via Lyft, Uber, and zTrip to encourage the use of mobility services over personal vehicles. The program aims to address immediate parking challenges and test the long-term price elasticity of demand for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). By bringing the cost of rideshare services down to the estimated $0.60 per mile cost of owning and operating an internal-combustion vehicle, the pilot explores whether consumers will switch to shared mobility when it reaches cost parity with car ownership.

The document outlines the transition to Mobility as a Service (MaaS), where on-demand, multimodal transportation replaces the dominance of personally owned vehicles. It identifies interoperable transit data (ITD) as the critical infrastructure needed to enable seamless trip planning and payment. The report details barriers to this transition—including regulatory gaps, payment fragmentation, and inconsistent data standards—and proposes solutions such as public-private partnerships, the development of integrated payment portals, and the implementation of 'commuting as a service' pilot projects.

The authors argue that European transport policies are outdated because they assume a permanent increase in driving and flying. They suggest that the convergence of new technologies—such as autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, and shared mobility—offers a choice between a 'transport heaven' of reduced congestion and greenery, or a 'transport hell' of increased vehicle kilometers and pollution. The text advocates for a European-wide strategy that prioritizes 'mobility' (satisfying needs without necessarily changing location) over 'transport' (the physical movement of vehicles), citing the Netherlands' transition to cycling as a model for urban transformation.