Nocona is a Senior Associate on RMI's Carbon-Free Transportation team, where he uses analytical methods to further electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicle deployment and support grid readiness for this EV adoption. Recent work includes using telematics data to forecast where EV truck charging will be localized across wide geographic regions and quantifying the impact of managed charging on large-scale power needs.

Prior to joining RMI, Nocona was a Senior Associate at Gladstein, Neandross & Associates, where he used technical analyses on the total cost of ownership, greenhouse gas emissions inventories, and fleet energy use profiles to inform the deployment of EVs and their charging infrastructure. While at the University of Michigan, Nocona researched materials for energy-efficient LEDs and high-power electronics.