The figures above adapt emissions from conventional vehicles and electric vehicles to actual driving conditions and not to the number of test cycles. This is important because official estimates of fuel consumption may differ significantly from actual power, with a significant impact on the comparison between conventional and electric vehicles. Electric vehicles (EVs) were a hot topic at the UN climate change conference COP21 in Paris last December. A car park filled with COP21-branded Renault-Nissan EV and light green charging stations welcomed delegates from around the world on their way to the Le Bourget conference centre. Renault-Nissan`s electric car service allowed conference participants to book an electric ride from the conference centre to selected hotels to help many passionate ecologists try climate-friendly technology. The UN programme for the electromobility of environmental people will involve all global players in electromobility through partnerships. Click here to see the electromobility partnerships Read more: Efficiency | Energy-| Fossil fuels | India | Paris Agreement | Renewable energy | | Road UN climate talks | World| Climate change| electric vehicles | Gasoline Vehicles Efficiency Ellingsen, L. et al. (2016) The effect of size and range: greenhouse gas emissions from the life cycle of electric vehicles, Environmental Research Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/11/5/054010 The Sky scenario builds on this trend and recognizes that the cost of technology needed for electric vehicles has fallen rapidly and is expected to continue to decline in the 2020s. Shell`s energy modelling team estimated that the cost of batteries could further decrease, which reconciled the cost of electric vehicles with conventional gasoline/petrol or diesel vehicles. Difference in lifecycle emissions in grams of CO2 equivalent per mile for some electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids (2013 Nissan Leaf BEV, 2013 Chevrolet Volt PHEV, and 2013 Prius PHEV) compared to selected gasoline vehicles (2010 Prius HEV and 2014 Mazda 3). Figure 2 in Yuksel et al 2016. “Manufacturing accounts for a large part of the impact of production…

This means that the production site and/or the electric package have great potential to influence the results. U.S. values in the first three digits were estimated by Carbon Brief based on the 2018 EPA eGRID U.S. network emission factors, modified by Rhodium Group estimates for 2019 and Michalek et al. 2011 electric fuel cycle estimates. The error bars reflect battery production estimates over the life cycle of 61 to 146 kg of CO2e per kWh (kgCO2e/kWh) used in the revised 2019 IVL study, with a central range of 61-100kgCO2e/kWh. Given the decline in production estimates over the life cycle of studies in recent years – and the situation of the plant in a state where electricity production is relatively low in carbon – Carbon Brief provides an estimate of 61 kg of CO2 equivalent per kWh, based on the revised LPI study. In addition to renewable energy and energy efficiency, electric transport is both a key need to combat climate change and a marketable technology. The many discussions about electric vehicles at COP21 secondary events (which were much more than I have seen here) prove that high-level international leaders from business, government and civil society agree.

Now it`s up to us – as drivers, collaborators, legislators and voters – to move electric vehicles from the middle of a climate change conference to the centre of our streets and car parks.