Research

Yihao Xie
Senior Researcher

Location: San Francisco

With ICCT since: 2019

Areas of Focus

Decarbonizing Transport Fleets Zero-emission vehicles

Sector Heavy vehicles

Policies Clean air

Technology & Science Batteries and fuel cells

Region China Latin America

Yihao is a Senior Researcher with the Heavy-Duty Vehicles Program. He has worked on clean fuels and emission standards in emerging economies, the deployment of battery-electric buses in Latin America and ASEAN, and policy instruments and regulations to accelerate zero-emission trucks in the U.S. and around the world. Yihao received his B.A. in Environmental Studies from Yale-NUS College as a member of the first cohort, and a Master of Environmental Management from Yale School of the Environment.

Publications See All

Working Paper

Battery electric commercial vehicle pricing in the United States

September 8, 2025

Report

Mind the gap: An assessment of 2030 and 2035 charging infrastructure needs for zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in the United States

July 31, 2025

Market Spotlight

Race to zero: Zero-emission bus and truck market in the United States, 2024

June 24, 2025

Technical Brief

A method of estimating workforce needs from charging infrastructure build-out for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles

May 30, 2025

Other Work See All

Least-cost truck charging infrastructure to benefit all stakeholders

April 25, 2025

Battery electric trucks in the U.S. Northeast: Electric utilities and planning for tomorrow

May 17, 2024

“Front-of-the-meter” jobs for charging infrastructure should be front of mind in the EV transition

February 1, 2024

Deploy charging infrastructure in “no regrets” freight zones and corridors to keep U.S. commercial truck electrification aligned with climate goals

December 13, 2023