Thursday, March 13

9:00am

Continental Breakfast

9:30am

Welcome

9:45am

Charging Uncertainty: Real-Time Charging Data and Electric Vehicle Adoption

Omar Isaac Asensio, Georgia Tech
Elaine Buckberg, Harvard University
Cassandra Cole, Harvard University
Luke Heeney, MIT
Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Benjamin Leard, University of Tennessee

10:45am

Break

11:00am

Can Apps Save the Planet? Enhancing Urban Mobility and the Environment through Tech Adoption

Michael Guzzardi, London School of Economics
Sefi Roth, London School of Economics
Vincent Thorne, Paris School of Economics
Hendrik Wolff, London School of Economics

Discussant:
Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER

12:00pm

Keynote Address
Sture Portvik, Project Leader for Electric Mobility, Agency for Urban Environment, Oslo

12:45pm

Lunch

1:45pm

Negative Electric Vehicle Emissions: Vehicle-to-Grid Can Incentivize Enough Wind and Solar Investment to Reverse EV Charging Emissions

Jiahui Chen Michael T. Craig, University of Michigan
Jeremy J. Michalek, Carnegie Mellon University
Matthew B. Bruchon, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Parth Vaishnav, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Samuel Stolper, University of Michigan

2:45pm

Electric Vehicles and the Energy Transition: Unintended Consequences of a Common Retail Rate Design

Megan R. Bailey, University of Calgary
David P. Brown, University of Alberta
Erica Myers, University of Calgary and NBER
Blake C. Shaffer, University of Calgary
Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Paul Joskow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

3:45pm

Break

4:00pm

Panel
Chair: Christopher Knittel, MIT and NBER

Daniel Breton, Electric Mobility Canada
Anoop Desai, S&P Global Mobility
France Lampron, Hydro-Quebec
Lisa Pinals, Cambridge Mobile Telematics

5:15pm

Adjourn

6:00pm

Reception and Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel

Friday, March 14

8:30am

Continental Breakfast

9:00am

Life on the Road: Technology Adoption, Capital Reallocation, and Environmental Standards in the Commercial Truck Market

Ron Yang, University of British Columbia
Stephanie M. Weber, University of Colorado Boulder

Discussant:
Sarah C. Armitage, Boston University

10:00am

Empowering Electric Bus Deployment with Standardized Transit Data

Zack Aemmer, University of Washington
Don MacKenzie, University of Washington

Discussant:
Christian Kaps, Harvard University

11:00am

Adjourn