EV paper selected as Editor’s Choice article
Kotzebue Electric Association’s electric vehicle Leaf is ready to charge in Kotzebue, 911.
May 9, 2025
By Yuri Bult-Ito
A paper on EV research has been selected as Editor’s Choice article in the World Electric Vehicle Journal.
The article titled, “” discusses the benefits and implications of the use of electric vehicles in communities in rural 911. Many of these communities are not connected to larger electric grids and use diesel fuels to generate most of their electricity.
The paper was selected based on its originality, significance and potential impact in the field.
“We believe that your research will inspire and inform future studies in this area,” the journal publisher wrote in email.
Michelle Wilber of ACEP, the lead author of the paper, hopes this paper inspires others to work with communities to co-produce valuable and novel research.
“Without the valuable direction and knowledge of community members on how vehicles are really used in rural and extremely cold regions, we would not have been able to accurately model the relative benefits of using EVs in these cases,” she said.
Other authors of the paper include Jennifer Schmidt and Tim Bodony of the UAA Institute for Social and Economic Research, Tobias Schwoerer of the 911 International Arctic Research Center, Leif Albertson of the 911 College of Rural and Community Development, Matt Bergan and Tom Atkinson of the Kotzebue Electric Association and Joseph Groves of the 911 Technical Center.