Net-zero Transportation and Electric Vehicles
News
May 25, 2023
Decarbonizing Transportation Symposium: Transit, Active Transportation, and Electrification
1:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Univieristy of Regina - Education Auditorium: EA 106
May 16, 2023
Decarbonizing Transportation Seminar - Electric Vehicles: Challenges, Strategies and Emission Mitigations
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Education Auditorium Wing: ED 106.1
Research
Project Title: Electric vehicle infrastructure design, optimization, and emission evaluations toward a full-scale net-zero transportation sector
The project will address the growing challenges, strategies and future vision of electric vehicles. It will also assess the development approaches toward zero-emission transportation and society.
The research project is funded by NSERC Alliance Mission Grant.
Research Motivation
Transportation accounts for around 25% of Canada's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Less than 6% of electric chargers are in the prairie region which makes EVs problematic for long trips.
Charging queuing and cold weather are major concerns for urban EV travels.
Canada’s mandate for net-zero by 2035 yet EVs still make up fewer than 5% of Canadian passenger vehicles.
Research Objectives
Study electric vehicles energy demand and distribution
Analyze urban electric vehicles travel and queuing congestion
Design long-distance electric vehicles travel and road infrastructure
Assess GHG mitigations with electric vehicles penetrations
Team
Principal Investigator
Yili (Kelly) Tang, Ph.D., P.Eng,
Co-Principal Investigator
Zhanle Wang, Ph.D., P.Eng,
Co-Principal Investigator
Eman Almehdawe, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator
Raman Paranjape, Ph.D., P.Eng
Co-Principal Investigator
Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, Ph.D., P.Eng
Research Assistant
Duha Abdullah
PhD student
Majid Emami Javanmard
PhD student
Jesus Adrián Martínez
PhD student
Omid Rezaei
James Ficks, P.Eng, SaskPower
Shea Pederson, SaskPower
Darcy Kozoriz, SaskPower
Vikas Ravada, P.Eng, City of Regina
Nathan Fu, City of Regina
Clark Lim, Acuere Consulting Inc.
