Graduate Student Highlight - Adrian Martino

Ever wonder how an EV stacks up against a gas car?

U student Adrian Martino partners with Utah Clean Energy to develop handy online tool that compares long-term costs of driving and CO2 missions of EVs versus similar internal combustion models.

Any car buyer interested in electrical vehicles would want to know how much it costs to drive such a car compared with a similar gas-powered vehicle. Now there’s an app for that, and more.

While completing his graduate degree in the University of Utah’s Professional Science Master’s Program, data science student Adrian Martino developed a first-of-its-kind tool to enable Utah drivers to explore how certain EV models stack up against gasoline-powered vehicles when it comes to both the cost of driving and carbon dioxide emissions.

Developed in partnership with nonprofit Utah Clean Energy using localized information about Utah’s electrical grid and gas prices, the Cost & Emissions Comparison Tool offers an innovative and interactive way to compare vehicle models, emission scenarios, costs and payback of a new car purchase using real-world, Utah-specific data. 

“What makes this tool uniquely powerful is the ability to toggle between different electricity grid scenarios,” Martino said. “Users can see how their vehicle emissions shift depending on the source of electricity powering an EV, as well as what their costs and payback will be using different sources of energy. Whether it’s today’s grid, a future cleaner grid or a coal-heavy scenario, the tool makes it easy to visualize the environmental impact of each.”

 

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