Evaluation of the Power Generation Impact for the Mobility of Battery Electric Vehicles

Javier Rey and Lázaro V. Cremades ()
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Javier Rey: Department of Project and Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
Lázaro V. Cremades: Department of Project and Construction Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028 Barcelona, Spain

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 13, 1-16

Abstract: European institutions have decided to ban the sale of Internal Combustion Vehicles (ICEVs) in the EU from 2035. This opens a possible scenario in which, in the not-too-distant future, all vehicles circulating in Europe are likely to be Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs). The Spanish vehicle fleet is one of the oldest and has the lowest percentage of BEVs in Europe. The aim of this study is to evaluate the hypothetical scenario in which the current mobility of ICEVs is transformed into BEVs, in the geographical area of the province of Barcelona and in Spain in general. The daily electricity consumption, the required installation capacity of wind and solar photovoltaic energies, and the potential reduction of NO x and particulate matter (PM) emissions are estimated. The daily emission reduction would be about 314 tons of NO x and 17 tons of PM in Spain. However, the estimated investment required in Spain to generate the additional electricity from renewable sources would be enormous (over EUR 25.4 billion), representing, for example, 5.5% of the total national budget in 2022.

Keywords: ICEVs; BEVs; mobility; electricity generation; wind energy; solar photovoltaic energy; renewable energy sources; vehicle fleet; pollutant emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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