Electric vehicles (EVs) coupled with low-carbon electricity sources offer the potential for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and exposure to tailpipe emissions from personal transportation. In considering these benefits, it is important to address concerns of problem-shifting. In addition, while many studies have focused on the use phase in comparing transportation options, vehicle production is also significant when comparing conventional and EVs. We develop and provide a transparent life cycle inventory of conventional and electric vehicles and apply our inventory to assess conventional and EVs over a range of impact categories. We find that EVs powered by the present European electricity mix offer a 10% to 24% decrease in global warming potential (GWP) relative to conventional diesel or gasoline vehicles assuming lifetimes of 150,000 km.
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Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/comparative-environmental-life-cycle-assessment-conventional-and-electric-vehicles
[2] http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00532.x/full
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/troy-r-hawkins
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/bhawna-singh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/guillaume-majeau-bettez
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-industrial-ecology
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/electric-vehicles
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/personal-transport
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/road-transport
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution-control
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
