SummaryWith a focus on establishing whether climate targets can be met under different personal transport scenarios we introduce a transport sector representing the use and profile of light domestic vehicles (LDVs) into the integrated assessment model WITCH. In doing so we develop long term projections of light domestic vehicle use and define potential synergies between innovation in the transportation sector and the energy sector. By modelling the demand for LDVs, the use of fuels, and the types of vehicles introduced we can analyse the potential impacts on the whole economy. We find that with large increases in the use of vehicles in many regions around the globe, the electrification of LDVs is important in achieving cost effective climate targets and minimising the impact of transportation on other sectors of the economy.
Keywords: Light Duty Vehicles, Transportation, Climate Change Policy, Electric Drive Vehicles, Research and Development
JEL Classification: Q54, R41, O3The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Community 's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013 /
Section 1 -IntroductionMobility and the demand for personalised transport have been identified as having a strong association with national income and improved development (Dargay andGately, 1999 and WBCSD, 2001). As national income increases, so too does the rate of automobile ownership and this has created an unsustainable relationship between rising income and emissions (Schipper and Fulton, 2003). During the 1990 to 2005 period which corresponds to the Kyoto Protocol"s benchmark year and the year the Protocol entered into force, the global emissions attributed to road transport rose from 624.2 kgCO2 per capita to 714.5 kgCO2 per capita, a slightly higher rate than total per capita emissions. Underlying this increase was a 19% increase in per capita emissions from within the The range of vehicles introduced in WITCH has been selected to give a representative overview of the type of vehicles expected to come into contention for successful market penetration in the medium to long term future. These include traditional combustion petrol fuelled vehicles (TCARS), diesel fuelled vehicles (DIESEL), traditional petrol fuelled hybrid vehicles (TR_HYBRID), diesel fuelled hybrid vehicles (D_HYBRID), first generation/traditional biofuels fuelled vehicles (TR_BIOFUEL), biodiesel fuelled vehicles (BIODIESEL), and natural gas fuelled vehicles (LPG). In addition to these vehicles that existed in some shape or form in 2005, we have also incorporated plug-in hybrid vehicles (INT_PHEV) and electric drive vehicles (INT_EDV) to represent 3 will tend to be selected to adequately satisfy demand for mobility. Personal light duty vehicles have been selected as the vehicle type of interest as they have been identified as being one of the most favoured modes of transport and also one of the most damaging (Chapman, 2007). The addition of the transport module into the integrated assessment mod...