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EVs and post 2020 CO2 targets for passenger cars
- Source :
- World Electric Vehicle Journal, Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 1068-1078, 2013 World Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exhibition, EVS 2014, 1-11
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013.
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Abstract
- This paper analyses what post 2020 targets may be necessary for the European CO2 legislation for passenger cars in order to reach the overall sectoral goal of 60% reduction of transport's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 relative to 1990, as defined in the European Commission's White Paper. The required target levels are found to depend strongly on the contribution that passenger cars need to make to reaching the overall target, on the assumed growth of passenger car mobility, and on the extent to which biofuels could be available for fuelling passenger cars. To what extent electric vehicles and other low emission vehicles such as plug-in hybrids and fuel cell electric vehicles are needed to meet the post-2020 targets depends on the target level and on the minimum CO2 emissions that can be reached in conventional vehicles. Almost all assessed scenarios, require significant amounts of low emission vehicles to be sold from 2030 or 2035 onwards. Electric and plug-in vehicles are in the early stage of market introduction now, but developments are fragile could end up in a 'valley of death'. Defining a sufficiently low passenger car CO2 target for 2025 may be an effective instrument to motivate manufacturers to continue their efforts in the marketing and further development of these vehicles. This is important for maintaining the momentum of the transition towards large-scale application of low CO2 emitting vehicles.
- Subjects :
- Low emission vehicle
Engineering
Electric vehicles
Large-scale applications
Public policy
ZEV (zero emission vehicle)
European union
Legislation
Transport engineering
Laws and legislation
Momentum (finance)
White paper
Order (exchange)
media_common.cataloged_instance
Traffic
EV (electric vehicle)
Particulate emissions
Gas emissions
Zero emission vehicles
media_common
Mobility
business.industry
emissions
EU (European Union)
Vehicles
regulation
Green vehicle
Safe and Clean Mobility
STL - Sustainable Transport & Logistics
Greenhouse gases
Carbon dioxide
Organisation
Greenhouse gas
Automotive Engineering
EELS - Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences
business
Automobiles
policy
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20326653
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- World Electric Vehicle Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....02c3f714fcf6af6be10cabdd24d27c49
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/wevj6041068