Can EV (electric vehicles) address Ireland's CO2 emissions from transport?

By W. Smith. 2010

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In the period 1990–2007, CO2 emissions from Ireland’s Transport sector increased by 181%. It has been proposed that a transition to EV (electrically-powered vehicles) – either BEV (battery-powered) or PHEV (plug-in hybrids) – offers the potential for significant reductions in these emissions. However, the benefits of PHEV – and of plug-in vehicles generally – accrue because some fraction of the fossil fuel normally consumed by the vehicle is displaced by electricity extracted from the national grid. The net benefit therefore depends on many factors, including the characteristics of the electricity generation and distribution system, and the proportion of vkm (vehicle-kilometres) completed under electric power.

Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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• Assessment of the incentives on electric vehicle promotion in China (2017, background): “NEVs, as an alternative to traditional vehicles, have energy-saving and environmental protection benefits Arar (2010), Smith (2010), are supposed to be the focus of the future development of the automotive industry.”
• Assessing CO2 emissions of electric vehicles in Germany in 2030 (2015, background): “…Panel 2013) and an empiric average gross fuel efficiency of 20 kWh / 100km (cf. Vliet et al. 2011, Thiel et al. 2010, Plötz et al. 2014, Metz and Doetsch 2012, Liu 2012, Smith 2010) the resulting additional electricity demand from EV will be about 14.4 TWh (3 % of national electricity demand).”