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Chalmers study: ban on sales of fossil-fuel cars greatly reduces lifecycle GHG mainly due to tailpipe emissions; risk of carbon leakage in manufacturing
2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
However, the full effect of a ban is delayed due to fleet inertia. Further, risks of carbon leakage over the full vehicle lifecycle may need to be addressed by extending current regulations of vehicle-specific tailpipe emissions to also cover carbon footprints for new cars, the researchers said.
Assumed geographical location of tailpipe, fuel and vehicle cycle CO
2 emissions. Morfeldt
et al.
The researchers considered emissions from the entire lifecycle from the manufacture of electric cars and batteries, to electricity used for operation. The total effect of a phasing out of fossil-fueled cars will not be felt until the middle of the century and how the batteries are manufactured will affect the extent of the benefit.