Electrifying Australian transport: Hybrid life cycle analysis of a transition to electric light-duty vehicles and renewable electricity
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In a scenario of high electric vehicle and renewable electricity penetration in Australia, upstream GHG emissions exceed direct tailpipe GHG emissions of the passenger vehicle fleet already before 2040.
“In a scenario of high electric vehicle and renewable electricity penetration in Australia, upstream GHG emissions exceed direct tailpipe GHG emissions of the passenger vehicle fleet already before 2040 [127].”
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A Li battery can contribute 31% of cradle-to-gate GHG emissions of a medium BEV, while charging infrastructure may account for ca.10% of life cycle energy use.
“A Li battery can contribute 31% of cradle-to-gate GHG emissions of a medium BEV [127], while the charging infrastructure may account for ca.10% of life cycle energy use [178].”
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- Authors
- Wolfram, P., & Wiedmann, T.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Wolfram, Paul
- Venue
- Applied Energy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-11
- Volume
- 206
- Pages
- 531-540
- ISSN
- 0306-2619 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2753928848
- Cited by
- 99
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 1
- FWCI
- 4.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Applied Energy (publishedVersion)
- UNSWorks (University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Yale University
- National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources project (LE160100066)
- Australian Research Council
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Vehicle emissions and performance
- Keywords
- electric vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, carbon footprint, life cycle assessment, renewable electricity, powertrain electrification, transport decarbonization, driving cycles, multi-regional input-output analysis, carbon capture and storage
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