Rebound effects undermine carbon footprint reduction potential of autonomous electric vehicles

NC Onat, J Mandouri, M Kucukvar, B Sen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Autonomous vehicles offer greater passenger convenience and improved fuel efficiency.
However, they are likely to increase road transport activity and life cycle greenhouse …

Sustainability of self-driving mobility: An analysis of carbon emissions between autonomous vehicles and conventional modes of transportation

JF Mccarthy - 2017 - dash.harvard.edu
The primary contribution of this paper is to identify the potential variables through which
vehicle automation may affect carbon emissions in the transportation sector, and compare …

Analyzing Energy and Mobility Impacts of Privately-owned Autonomous Vehicles

T Cokyasar, J Auld, M Javanmardi… - 2020 IEEE 23rd …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The majority of research analyzing autonomous vehicle impacts focuses on an automated,
connected, electrified, and shared future. Yet, conventional private vehicle ownership and its …

Can autonomous vehicle reduce greenhouse gas emissions? A country-level evaluation

F Liu, F Zhao, Z Liu, H Hao - Energy Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Autonomous vehicles are believed to be the next-generation technology for future societies.
The energy and environmental impacts of autonomous vehicles have been realized to be …

[PDF][PDF] Reducing the life cycle environmental impact of electric vehicles through emissions-responsive charging

Y Tang, TT Cockerill, AJ Pimm, X Yuan - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Electric vehicles (EVs) are currently being promoted to reduce transport emissions. We
present a life cycle assessment of EV charging behaviors based on marginal emissions …

Assessing the Paradox of Autonomous Vehicles: Promised Fuel Efficiency vs. Aggregate Fuel Consumption

D Mohammed, B Horváth - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
As autonomous vehicles (AVs) continue to evolve and approach widespread adoption in the
near future, the touted benefits of improved fuel efficiency at an individual level come under …

Decarbonizing US passenger vehicle transport under electrification and automation uncertainty has a travel budget

AF Alarfaj, WM Griffin, C Samaras - Environmental Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The transportation sector is at the beginning of a transition represented by electrification,
shared mobility, and automation, which could lead to either increases or decreases in total …

[PDF][PDF] Progress and potential for electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions

B Leard, V McConnell - 2020 - rff.org
By emitting no tailpipe emissions, electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to completely
decarbonize the US transportation sector. But the US transportation sector currently remains …

On the sustainability of electrical vehicles

TR Hsu - arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.6015, 2013 - arxiv.org
Many perceive electric vehicles (EVs) to be eco-environmentally sustainable because they
are free of emissions of toxic and greenhouse gases to the environment. However, few have …

Sustainable electric vehicle-prosumer framework and policy mix

K Kotilainen, SJ Mäkinen, J Valta - 2017 IEEE Innovative Smart …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electric vehicles have pro-environmental advantages compared to traditional automobiles,
or even hybrids: they can help reducing pollution and noise levels locally, and greenhouse …