Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets

A Milovanoff, ID Posen, HL MacLean - Nature Climate Change, 2020 - nature.com
Climate change mitigation strategies are often technology-oriented, and electric vehicles
(EVs) are a good example of something believed to be a silver bullet. Here we show that …

Personal vehicles evaluated against climate change mitigation targets

M Miotti, GJ Supran, EJ Kim… - Environmental science & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Meeting global climate change mitigation goals will likely require that transportation-related
greenhouse gas emissions begin to decline within the next two decades and then continue …

[HTML][HTML] Emissions of electric vehicles in California's transition to carbon neutrality

A Jenn - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
California has a many activities targeting specific sectors to mitigate climate change. This
study models several scenarios of future electric vehicle emissions in the state and explores …

Make electric vehicles lighter to maximize climate and safety benefits

B Shaffer, M Auffhammer, C Samaras - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
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Potential for widespread electrification of personal vehicle travel in the United States

ZA Needell, J McNerney, MT Chang, JE Trancik - Nature Energy, 2016 - nature.com
Electric vehicles can contribute to climate change mitigation if coupled with decarbonized
electricity, but only if vehicle range matches travellers' needs. Evaluating electric vehicle …

Hybrid-and battery-electric vehicles offer low-cost climate benefits in China

AR Gopal, WY Park, M Witt, A Phadke - Transportation Research Part D …, 2018 - Elsevier
Car ownership in China is expected to grow dramatically in the coming decades. If growing
personal vehicle demand is met with conventional cars, the increase in greenhouse gas …

The role of pickup truck electrification in the decarbonization of light-duty vehicles

M Woody, P Vaishnav, GA Keoleian… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Electrification can reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of light-duty vehicles.
Previous studies have focused on comparing battery electric vehicle (BEV) sedans to their …

Pricing indirect emissions accelerates low—carbon transition of US light vehicle sector

P Wolfram, S Weber, K Gillingham… - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Large–scale electric vehicle adoption can greatly reduce emissions from vehicle tailpipes.
However, analysts have cautioned that it can come with increased indirect emissions from …

Public health and climate benefits and trade‐offs of US vehicle electrification

DR Peters, JL Schnell, PL Kinney, V Naik… - GeoHealth, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Vehicle electrification is a common climate change mitigation strategy, with policymakers
invoking co‐beneficial reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) and air pollutant emissions …

Are electric vehicles getting too big and heavy? Modelling future vehicle journeying demand on a decarbonized US electricity grid

R Galvin - Energy Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
In the US a complete transition to electric vehicles (EVs) would increase demand for carbon-
free electricity by around 30% if the future fleet has the same average size, weight and …