Energy and environmental impact of battery electric vehicle range in China

Xinmei Yuan, Lili Li, Huadong Gou and Tingting Dong

Applied Energy, 2015, vol. 157, issue C, 75-84

Abstract: To meet increasingly stringent emission legislation, electric vehicles are expected to offer promising sustainable mobility in the future. However, the driving range of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) is limited as compared with hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). Additionally, the grid power supply in China is highly dependent on coal-based thermal power generation, which leads to high grid-carbon intensity and increased well-to-tank (WTT) emission for BEVs. Therefore, the tradeoff between electric vehicle driving range and environmental impact has become a critical problem in BEV development in China.

Keywords: Electric vehicle; Driving range; Driving pattern; CO2 emmission; Grid-carbon intensity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.001

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