Improving Electric Transportation Resilience After Disasters

Status

In Progress

Project Timeline

August 20, 2025 - November 19, 2026

Principal Investigator

Ricardo deCastro

Project Team

Keith Corzine

Campus(es)

UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz

Project Summary

After disasters, power outages can disrupt essential services, including transportation. This project explores how electric fleets, including vehicles with vehicle-to-everything (V2X) capabilities, can serve as mobile energy sources or “energy tankers” used to recharge essential transportation and non-transportation loads when the grid is down. It will develop an optimization framework to guide deployment and provide policy recommendations for emergency planning and coordination.