Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification: Challenges, Policy Solutions, and Open Research QuestionsAMedium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification: Challenges, Policy Solutions, and Open Research QuestionsBeia Spiller, Nafisa Lohawala, and Emma DeAngeliReport 23-03 May 2023Resources for the FutureiAbout the AuthorsBeia Spiller is a fellow and the Transportation Program director at Resources for the Future (RFF). Prior to joining RFF, she was Lead Senior Economist at Environmental Defense Fund, where she worked for almost a decade. Spiller is an energy economist with experience working on electricity and transportation issues and participating in electric utility proceedings. She also has many years of experience working in the transportation sector, with recent efforts focusing on electric vehicles and environmental justice and exploring the adoption of electric cars, trucks, and buses.Nafisa Lohawala is a fellow at Resources for the Future. She earned a PhD in economics at the University of Michigan after receiving a BS-MS dual degree in economics with a minor in computer science and engineering (algorithms) from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Lohawala’s research lies at the intersection of industrial organization, energy economics, and public finance. She focuses on the effect of government policies on environmental and safety externalities generated by the transportation sector, as well as other transportation issues, including decarbonization strategies for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.Emma DeAngeli is a research analyst at Resources for the Future. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2020 with a BA in mathematics and a BMA in cello performance. She then earned her master of envi...
