electric vehicles

  1. A woman, wearing a jacket and winter hat, prepares to connect an electric vehicle to a charger.

    Reduce infrastructure costs of EV adoption by upgrading grid first, then adding V2G chargers

  2. Improvements to electric vehicle battery technology will offset their anticipated heat-related degradation driven by climate climate change, according to new research from the University of Michigan. Image credit: Haochi Wu

    Improved EV battery technology will outmatch degradation from climate change

  3. U-M Block M Logo

    Gaps between perception and reality might be putting the brakes on electric vehicle sales in rural Michigan

  4. Three maps of the contiguous U.S. show changes for life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions for EVs in different regions. The first map is entirely light blue, showing how "smart charging" EVs across the country when the grid is the cleanest could reduce roughly 10 to 20 tons of carbon emissions over a vehicle's lifetime. The second map is a deeper blue, especially in the center of the country, showing ever more emissions are saved by incorporating vehicle-to-home charging. Here, smart charging is coupled with the ability to use an EV's battery to help power households. The third map shows even further reductions in emissions by fully electrifying households with V2H, but the gains are more modest at this step—in the 0 to 10 ton range of avoided emissions.

    Power when parked: EVs could help save money, reduce emissions by providing energy to homes

  5. An electric vehicle charges in a neighborhood with solar panels and wind turbines in the background.

    Letting EVs take a load off the grid could result in ‘negative emissions’ while saving drivers money

  6. A man wearing safety glasses works amidst intricate machinery in a laboratory setting.

    U-M ‘Battery Lab 2.0’ expansion open for innovation

  7. An illustration shows four vehicles driving along a forked road. A roadsign above the fork shows the lefthand path is "High CO2" and the right is "Low CO2." A white crossover labeled PHEV for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle is approaching the fork. Two of the vechicles—a red pickup labeled ICEV for internal combustion engine vehicle and a silver SUV labeled HEV for hybrid electric vehicle—have taken the High CO2 exit. A green sedan labeled BEV for battery electric vehicle is on the Low CO2 path.

    EVs reduce climate pollution, but by how much? New U-M research has the answer

  8. Electric vehicle charging station. Image courtesy: U-M Dearborn

    UM-Dearborn study reveals what EV drivers care most about charging stations

  9. Charging an electric vehicle. Image credit; Chuttersnap, Unsplash

    Ford’s new track on EVs in the current environment: U-M experts available to comment

  10. A woman, wearing a jacket and winter hat, prepares to connect an electric vehicle to a charger.

    Charging electric vehicles 5x faster in subfreezing temps

  11. Pima County Arizona copper mine. Image credit: Joyce Cory, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Copper can’t be mined fast enough to electrify the US

  12. Charging an electric vehicle. Image credit; Chuttersnap, Unsplash

    More local officials see relevance of electric vehicle planning, cite costs of preparation

  13. Concept illustration of automated electric long-haul trucks. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Could automation, electrification of long-haul trucking reduce environmental impacts?

  14. Concept illustration of a gas pump vs. a power connector for an electric vehicle. Image credit: iStock

    Electric vs. gasoline vehicles: Is EV ownership competitive in your area?

  15. Abstract growing green candlestick arrow on blurry city background. Image credit: iStock

    Grant will help measure public investments in emerging industries

  16. A monitor shows a circle with orange lines, which are microelectrodes, stretching towards the battery particles, which look like black dots on the screen. Two students observe the screen.

    Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up electric vehicle charging

  17. Concept illustration of electric vehicles at a charging station. Image credit: Nicole Smith, made with Midjourney

    Full electrification of Uber and Lyft vehicles would provide only modest benefits to society, study shows

  18. Engineering student Chloe Acosta plugs in an EV on the University of Michigan's North Campus. Acosta is also powertrain director on the MRacing team, which recently switched to an electric powertrain. Image credit: Marcin Szczepanski, Michigan Engineering

    $130M Electric Vehicle Center launches at U-Michigan

  19. Construction underway at the Ford Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan on Friday, January 21, 2022. The new Michigander EV Scholars Program will help expand the workforce to meet the growing demand for electric vehicles. Image credit: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering

    U-M joins state of Michigan in drive to recruit talent for EV and mobility jobs

  20. Map of percentage change in transportation energy burden from current on-road vehicle stock to a new battery-electric vehicle. Negative percentages indicate energy cost savings for EVs compared to gasoline powered vehicles. Areas with the greatest savings, shown in green, include the West Coast states and parts of the East and South. Transportation energy burden is the percentage of household income spent on fueling with gasoline or charging with electricity. Adapted from Vega-Perkins et al. in Environmental Research Letters, January 2023.

    EV transition will benefit most US vehicle owners, but lowest-income Americans could get left behind