U-M EV Center Surge Session Webinar w/Greg Keoleian, U-M Professor
U-M EV Center Surge Session Webinar:
Charging Forward: Framework & Drivers for Accelerating Electric Vehicles
Date/Time: Monday, September 28, 2026, 1:30 p.m. ET
(Note: Incorrect date of Sept 24 was sent in the Current e-newsletter - Sept 28 is correct)
There have been many bumps in the road impacting EV production, sales, and adoption in the US. Growth of EV production and adoption in the US is impacted by a complex set of factors such as range anxiety and charging infrastructure deployment, total cost of ownership, shifting government policy, evolving battery chemistry, and critical material supply chain security. Systems analysis tools provide stakeholders guidance to navigate these complexities.
This webinar will explore recent research findings to accelerate vehicle electrification in the US and draw on comparisons with China. Working with car companies, battery developers and policy makers, University of Michigan researchers have developed a life cycle management framework to help stakeholders navigate complexity and align key drivers to advance electric vehicles. This life cycle management framework addresses technology, design, business, policy, markets, and consumer drivers and tradeoffs that influence electric vehicle growth.
Results from studies of the total cost of ownership, life cycle comparative assessments across powertrains/vehicle types/battery chemistries, critical material supply chains, and EV policy will be shared and recommendations made based on the success of the Chinese EV industry where technology, government policy, and markets are well aligned.
This one-hour session will include a presentation followed by live Q&A.
About the Speaker
Greg Keoleian is the Peter M. Wege Professor of Sustainable Systems at the University ofMichigan and serves as co-Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems, which he cofounded in 1991. The Center focuses on systems analysis to accelerate climate and sustainability solutions across energy, mobility, built environment, water, and food systems. He was appointed in 2022 by the Office of the Vice President for Research to co-direct the MI Hydrogen Initiative. He serves as the LCA/TEA lead for the U-M Electric Vehicle Center and has analyzed life cycle energy and greenhouse gas emissions, total cost of ownership, government policy, and supply chain sourcing of critical materials for electrified and gasoline powered vehicles. For more than three decades he has engaged and collaborated with the auto industry to advance sustainability.
He has appointments as Professor in the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and as Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1987. Dr. Keoleian was named to the Reuters Hot List of the world's top climate scientists in 2021 and was awarded the International Society for Industrial Ecology Society Prize in 2025.
About the U-M EVC Surge Session Webinar Series:
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