Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional vehicles with different fuel options, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles for a sustainable transportation system in Brazil

Souza, Lidiane La Picirelli de; Lora, Electo Eduardo Silva; Palácio, José Carlos Escobar; Rocha, Mateus Henrique; Renó, Maria Luiza Grillo; Venturini, Osvaldo José

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.236

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“…The LCA study considered a medium-sized passenger car as reference vehicle, and it was performed with a cradle to grave approach, i.e., considering all the life cycle stages from raw materials acquisition to vehicle end-of-life. The life cycle inventory (LCI) of the vehicle construction phase was modeled on the basis of existing literature [9,[24][25][26] and data included in available databases [27], while the end-of-life was modeled by a disposal scenario specific to the considered area. Regarding the use phase, the modeling was based on the traffic simulation results, in terms of vehicle kilometer traveled (VKT).…”

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“…Furthermore, EVs showed the potential for significant increases in some impact categories (human toxicity, freshwater eutrophication, and metal depletion). According to De Souza et al (2018) [9], among the technologies, BEVs emerge as the vehicles with the lower environmental charges. The manufacturing phase of BEVs has high relative importance in terms of life cycle impact, and it has a significantly higher impact than ICEVs, mainly due to the production and disposal processes of batteries [10][11][12][13].…”

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Traffic Simulation-Based Approach for A Cradle-to-Grave Greenhouse Gases Emission Model

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This paper presents a model to evaluate the life cycle greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, expressed in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 eq), of a generic fleet composition as a function of the traffic simulation results. First we evaluated the complete life cycle of each category of the vehicles currently circulating; next, by defining a general linear equation, the traffic environmental performances of a real road network (city of Rome) were evaluated using a traffic simulation approach. Finally, the proposed methodology was applied to evaluate the GHG emission of a 100% penetration of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and various electric and conventional vehicles composition scenarios. In terms of life cycle impacts, BEVs are the vehicles with the highest GHG emissions at the vehicle level (construction + maintenance + end-of-life processes) that are, on average, 20% higher than internal combustion engine vehicles, and 6.5% higher than hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Nevertheless, a 100% BEVs penetration scenario generates a reduction of the environmental impact at the mobility system level of about 65%.

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“…In 2018, the scope of research was extended to include the sector of electric cars, and the results obtained were compared to those for the previous years in Figure 2. During the last decade, many research centres around the world have conducted numerous research projects on the effective recovery of fermenting sugars from lignocellulosic biomass and the reduction of total production costs [68][69][70][71][72]. Nevertheless, the process has remained a substantial challenge [73].…”

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Selected Aspects of Biofuels Market and the Electromobility Development in Poland: Current Trends and Forecasting Changes

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This work presents basic information associated with markets of selected alternative fuels used in transport, such as methyl esters, conventional bioethanol and lignocellulosic bioethanol, and the market of electrical vehicles. Legal conditions, which stimulate development and regulate the mode of functioning of the liquid biofuel market until 2020 are discussed, based on provisions of EU directives. Data on biofuel production in Poland are presented, as well as biofuel consumption in the EU, the USA and Brazil in 2017. The most important conclusions of the proposal for a directive on the promotion of renewable energy sources in transport in EU member states in years 2021–2030 are discussed. The authors have also indicated the key legal and territorial conditions associated with the development of electromobility and present basic information on electric vehicles in Poland and Europe. The results of the research on the attractiveness of these sectors in 2018 are presented and compared with the results obtained in years 2007–2017. A score-based sector attractiveness method was used in the research.

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“…Moreover, advances in biofuel production and utilization in the internal combustion engine vehicles are on point to help mitigate the amount of CO 2 emission from the transportation sector [7,8]. Although, the life cycle assessment of the vehicles powered by these low carbon fuels revealed that the equivalent CO 2 emission is comparatively lower compared to the internal combustion engine vehicles [9,10]. However, the challenges of CO 2 emissions still persist even with the low-carbon fuel source vehicles [11,12].…”

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Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Electric Vehicles: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Ayodele

Mustapa

2020

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The transportation sector has been reported as a key contributor to the emissions of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. Hence, the need for the introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) into the transportation sector. However, the competitiveness of the EVs with the conventional internal combustion engine vehicles has been a bone of contention. Life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) is an important tool that can be employed to determine the competitiveness of a product in its early stage of production. This review examines different published articles on LCCA of EVs using Scopus and Web of Science databases. The time trend of the published articles from 2001 to 2019 was examined. Moreover, the LCC obtained from the different models of EVs were compared. There was a growing interest in research on the LCC of EVs as indicated by the upward increase in the number of published articles. A variation in the LCC of the different EVs studied was observed to depend on several factors. Based on the LCC, EVs were found not yet competitive with conventional internal combustion engine cars due to the high cost of batteries. However, advancement in technologies with incentives could bring down the cost of EV batteries to make it competitive in the future.

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Comparative environmental life cycle assessment of conventional vehicles with different fuel options, plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles for a sustainable transportation system in Brazil

Cited by 196 publications

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Traffic Simulation-Based Approach for A Cradle-to-Grave Greenhouse Gases Emission Model

Traffic Simulation-Based Approach for A Cradle-to-Grave Greenhouse Gases Emission Model

Selected Aspects of Biofuels Market and the Electromobility Development in Poland: Current Trends and Forecasting Changes

Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Electric Vehicles: A Review and Bibliometric Analysis

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