T-1A1a-1 - Shift to electric cars

Background

IPCC WG3 definition: M-1A-12 - Electric Technologies.

Electric vehicles cause no tailpipe emissions. They are also significantly more energy efficient and produce less noise than fossil-fueled vehicles. The shift to electric cars will therefore both reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help create a better urban environment.

Electric vehicles cause more emissions in the production phase than internal combustion engine cars, but cause less emissions over the lifetime of the car.

Transition Element

• Type of shift: Type Shift
• Activity: Vehicles
• Operation: Vehicle kms
• ATOC: distance per vehicle per year

Activities

Shift from:

• A-1A1a-1 - Petrol cars
• A-1A1a-2 - Diesel cars
• A-1A1a-5 - LPG cars
• A-1A1a-3 - Gas cars

Shift to:

• A-1A1a-6 - Pure electric vehicles

Parameters

Parameter	Unit	Description
distance_per_car	vehicle_km	Average yearly distance driven per car

YAML Specification

title: T-1A1a-1 - Shift to electric cars
id: shift_to_electric_vehicles
sector: transport
progress: 50
ipccMitigationMethod: 1a-12-electric-technologies
version: 2.0.1
name: shift_to_electric_vehicles
type: shift
unitOfMeasure: vehicles
cohort:
  expression: '1'
shiftFrom:
  atoc:
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - distance_per_car
  chains:
  - chain: petrol_vehicles
  - chain: diesel_vehicles
  - chain: lpg_vehicles
  - chain: gas_vehicles
shiftTo:
  atoc:
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - distance_per_car
  chains:
  - chain: battery_electric_vehicles
cobenefits:
- air_quality
- reduced_noise

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