Research Reports

Closing the Loop: Strategies for Electric Vehicle Battery Management and Critical Materials Recovery

2025-09-30T12:36:59-04:00

This research paper covers many angles of the nascent EV battery recycling industry including the market size and future projections, existing facilities, benefits and challenges, existing legislation, international comparisons and policy recommendations. 

Closing the Loop: Strategies for Electric Vehicle Battery Management and Critical Materials Recovery2025-09-30T12:36:59-04:00

Toward Just and Equitable Mobility: Socioeconomic and Perceptual Barriers for Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure in the United States

2024-10-31T10:26:48-04:00

Based on a large-scale public survey, the authors identify and quantify the significance of key factors associated with the deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure.

Toward Just and Equitable Mobility: Socioeconomic and Perceptual Barriers for Electric Vehicles and Charging Infrastructure in the United States2024-10-31T10:26:48-04:00

Vehicle Grid Integration: The Convergence of the Automotive and Electric Power Industries

2024-10-09T18:14:12-04:00

The report includes recommendations to utilities, regulators and policymakers to get the electric grid EV ready, including: rate design, managed charging, vehicle telematics capabilities and bidirectional charging technology.

Vehicle Grid Integration: The Convergence of the Automotive and Electric Power Industries2024-10-09T18:14:12-04:00

Cleaner Cars, Fatter Wallets: The Current U.S. Clean Vehicles Policy Package Will Deliver Climate, Health, And Economic Benefits For All

2024-06-04T22:27:41-04:00

NRDC's latest paper explains the ways that Americans are benefiting from investments in clean vehicles and what we stand to lose if these policies are reversed.

Cleaner Cars, Fatter Wallets: The Current U.S. Clean Vehicles Policy Package Will Deliver Climate, Health, And Economic Benefits For All2024-06-04T22:27:41-04:00