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SUMMARY:IoES/Luskin Research Seminar: Rajit Gadh
DESCRIPTION:“Smart Connection of EVs into the Electric Grid”Recent advances in information and communications systems and battery technologies\, in combination with substantial importance given by society to reducing greenhouse gas/carbon emissions\, have resulted in accelerated innovations in electric vehicles and the smart and renewable electric infrastructure necessary to fuel and support them. Products such as the Nissan Leaf\, Chevy Volt\, and Ford Focus Electric\, are in the process of creating mass markets for electric vehicles in the U.S. The utilities on their part are rapidly moving towards enhancing their infrastructure through their own investments as well as those from the DOE Stimulus ARRAGrants\, and the result will be major changes in their distribution and transmission infrastructure.Nevertheless\, the current infrastructure in the U.S. would have adifficult time supporting the charging of these EVs — substantial technological\, infrastructure and behavioral changes would be required to scale up the number of EVs. This results in opportunities and challenges\, and at UCLA\, we are working on developing an innovative smart grid-based infrastructure that takes advantage of the presence of EVs for both G2V (Grid-to-vehicle) and V2G (Vehicle-to-grid) to assist utilities and garage operators in managing loads via aggregated electric vehicles. The underlying research platform — an intelligent middleware connecting\, monitoring\, controlling\, and managing the charging and discharging of EVs using wireless communications\, sensors and controllers — will be presented in this session\, along with the accompanying opportunities\, challenges and future directions for aggregating and charging plug-in electric vehicles.About the Speaker:Professor Rajit GadhDepartment: Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering EducationCarnegie Mellon University\, 1991Areas of InterestSmart Grid – Communication and control\, Electric Vehicle aggregation for Smart Grid Integration\, Vehicle to Grid and Grid to Vehicle\, Automated Demand Response\, Micro-grid modeling\, Smart grid for renewable integration\, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)\, Wireless Internet of Artifacts\, Reconfigurable Wireless Sensing and Networking Systems\, Wireless Multimedia Architectures\,  CAD/CAM/VR/Visualization. 
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/ioes-luskin-research-seminar-rajit-gadh/
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SUMMARY:Environment and Energy Economics Weekly Seminar: Mark Jacobsen
DESCRIPTION:“Vehicle Scrappage andGasoline Policy”AbstractWe estimate the\nsensitivity of scrap decisions to changes in used car values – the “scrap elasticity”\n– and show how it influences used car fleets under policies aimed at reducing\ngasoline use. Large scrap elasticities produce emissions leakage under efficiency\nstandards as the longevity of used vehicles is increased\, a process known as\nthe Gruenspecht effect. To explore the magnitude of this leakage we\nassemble a novel dataset of U.S. used vehicle registrations and prices\, which we\nrelate through time via differential effects in gasoline cost: A gasoline price\nincrease or decrease of $1 changes used vehicle prices and alters the number of\nfuel-efficient vs. fuel-inefficient vehicles scrapped by 18%. These\nrelationships allow us to provide what we believe are the first estimates of\nthe scrap elasticity itself\, which we find to be about -0.7. When applied in a\nmodel of fuel economy standards\, the central elasticities we estimate suggest\nthat 12-17% of the expected fuel savings will leak away through the used\nvehicle market. This considerably reduces the cost-effectiveness of the\nstandard\, rivaling or exceeding the importance of the often-cited mileage “rebound” effect.Link to paperAbout the speakerMark Jacobsen is an associate professor of economics at the University of California\, San Diego and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University. Jacobsen’s research focuses on environmental regulation and taxes and addresses two main themes: the first is environmental regulation of transportation and the automobile industry. The second considers optimal environmental policy in the context of the broader economy.Jacobsen’s work on transportation examines the impact of regulation to reduce gasoline use\, including the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards and gasoline taxes. He has studied both the efficiency and distributional effects of these policies\, examining empirically consumer purchase behavior\, the response of automobile manufacturers to regulation\, and vehicle safety. A current project considers policy impacts on used car markets. Jacobsen’s research on optimal policy choice applies to a much wider set of environmental policies beyond transportation. He considers policymakers’ choices in the context of the broader economy\, showing how Ricardian rents\, untaxed activity in the informal sector\, and political pressure to protect industry can act to change the type of environmental policy that is most efficient.Please see Professor Jacobsen’s webpage for more information
URL:https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/environment-and-energy-economics-weekly-seminar-mark-jacobsen/
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