Title
Assessing the European Electric-Mobility Transition: Emissions from Electric Vehicle Manufacturing and Use in Relation to the EU Greenhouse Gas Emission Targets
Author
Tang, C.
Tukker, A.
Sprecher, B.
Mogollon, J.M.
Publication year
2022
Abstract
The European Union (EU) has set a 37.5% GHG reduction target in 2030 for the mobility sector, relative to 1990 levels. This requires increasing the share of zero-emission passenger vehicles, mainly in the form of electric vehicles (EVs). This study calculates future GHG emissions related to passenger vehicle manufacturing and use based on stated policy goals of EU Member States for EV promotion. Under these policies, by 2040 the stock of EVs would be about 73 times larger than those of 2020, contributing to a cumulative in-use emission reduction of 2.0 gigatons CO2-eq. Nevertheless, this stated EV adoption will not be sufficiently fast to reach the EU's GHG reduction targets, and some of the GHG environmental burdens may be shifted to the EV battery manufacturing countries. To achieve the 2030 reduction targets, the EU as a whole needs to accelerate the phase-out of internal combustion engine vehicles and transit to e-mobility at the pace of the most ambitious Member States, such that EVs can comprise at least 55% of the EU passenger vehicle fleet in 2030. An accelerated decarbonization of the electricity system will become the most critical prerequisite for minimizing GHG emissions from both EV manufacturing and in-use stages. (C) 2022 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society.
Subject
climate policy
European e-mobility transition
GHG emission accounting
lithium-ion battery
material flow analysis
Electric vehicles
Emission control
Fleet operations
Gas emissions
Greenhouse gases
Climate policy
E mobilities
European e-mobility transition
European union
GHG emission
GHG emission accounting
GHGs emissions
Materials flow analysis
Reduction targets
Vehicle manufacturing
Lithium-ion batteries
adoption
carbon dioxide equivalent
climate
combustion
European Union
flow measurement
greenhouse gas emission
exhaust gas
greenhouse effect
greenhouse gas
motor vehicle
Electricity
European Union
Greenhouse Effect
Greenhouse Gases
Motor Vehicles
Vehicle Emissions
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TNO identifier
981389
Publisher
American Chemical Society
ISSN
0013-936X
Source
Environmental Science and Technology
Document type
article