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T-1B1a-TE-6 - Shift to electric light trucks

Background

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

Electric trucks cause no tailpipe emissions, thereby directly reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and particulate emissions. Electric trucks also produce less noise, helping to improve the general urban environment.Electric trucks cause more emissions in the production phase than internal combustion engine cars, but cause fewer emissions over the lifetime of the car.

Electric trucks cause no tailpipe emissions, thereby directly reducing both greenhouse gas emissions and particulate emissions. Electric trucks also produce less noise, helping to improve the general urban environment.

Electric trucks 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: TBD
  • Operation: TBD
  • ATOC: TBD

Activities

Shift from:

Shift to:

Parameters

Parameter Unit Description

YAML Specification

version: 2.0.1
type: shift
longName: Shift from Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) light trucks to electric light
  trucks.
shortName: Electric light trucks
description: Shift vehicle kilometer from diesel light trucks to battery electric
  light trucks in vehicle kilometer to fulfill the need of logistics
unitOfMeasure: vehicle_km
cohort:
  expression: '1'
shiftFrom:
  atoc:
    expression: '1'
  chains:
  - chain: diesel_light_trucks
  - chain: petrol_light_trucks
shiftTo:
  atoc:
    expression: '1'
  chains:
  - chain: battery_electric_light_trucks
cobenefits:
- air_quality
- reduced_noise