 | Clean Technology 2008
Bio Energy, Renewables, Green Building, Smart Grid, Storage, and Water
Chapter 7: Transportation & Storage Technologies |
| | The Cleanest Cars: Well-to-wheels Emissions | | Authors: | S. Boschert | | Affilation: | Plug In America, US | | Pages: | 440 - 442 | | Keywords: | emissions, vehicles, electric, plug-in hybrid, hydrogen | | Abstract: | Important studies of the well-to-wheels emissions of vehicles were released in 2007. Well-to-wheels analyses look at the emissions produced by vehicles and from making and transporting the fuel. As our energy and transportation industries converge, well-to-wheels analyses will give us the data we need to choose the best options for the planet. The speaker will give a summary of all accessible studies comparing the well-to-wheels emissions of conventional gasoline vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. The talk will update a presentation made at the 23rd international Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS23) on December 4, 2007 in Anaheim, Calif. See the paper accepted for that meeting: http://www.sherryboschert.com/Downloads/Emissions%5B11%5D.pdf See the PowerPoint slides from that presentation: http://www.sherryboschert.com/PowerPoints/BoschertEVS23.ppt.htm The author began this overview as research for her book, Plug-in Hybrids: The Cars That Will Recharge America (New Society Publishers). More than 40 analyses suggest that plug-in hybrids reduce carbon dioxide by 37%-67% compared with conventional cars. Compared with hybrids, plug-in hybrids reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 15%-54% and battery electric vehicles reduce emissions by 25%-54%. Similar results are seen for air quality pollutants. Hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles use more energy and produce more greenhouse gas emissions than battery electric vehicles. |  | This paper is available to CTSI members in PDF© format. | | ISBN: | 1-4200-8502-0 |
| Pages: | 724 |
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