The Potential Impacts of Electric Vehicles on Urban Air Quality in Shanghai City

Xiaojian Hu, Nuo Chen, Nan Wu and Bicheng Yin
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Xiaojian Hu: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Nuo Chen: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Nan Wu: Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
Bicheng Yin: School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: The Shanghai government has outlined plans for the new vehicles used for the public transportation, rental, sanitation, postal, and intra-city freight to be completely powered by electricity by 2020. This paper analyzed the characteristics of vehicle emissions in Shanghai in the past five years. The potential reduction in road traffic related emissions due to the promotion and application of electric vehicle in Shanghai was evaluated. The potential reduction was quantified by vehicular emissions. The vehicular emissions inventories are calculated by the COPERT IV model under the different scenarios, of which the results indicate that promoting electric vehicles is the efficient measure to control all road traffic related emissions and improve urban air quality. The results also provided basis and support for making policies to promote and manage electric vehicles.

Keywords: electric vehicles; vehicle emissions; urban air quality; COPERT IV (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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