Action Plan Focused on Electric Mobility (APOEM): A Tool for Assessment of the Potential Environmental Benefits of Urban Mobility

Victor Hugo Souza De Abreu (), Márcio de Almeida D’Agosto, Ana Carolina Maia Angelo, Lino Guimarães Marujo and Pedro José Pires Carneiro
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Victor Hugo Souza De Abreu: Program of Transportation Engineering, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Technology Center, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-914, Brazil
Márcio de Almeida D’Agosto: Program of Transportation Engineering, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Technology Center, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-914, Brazil
Ana Carolina Maia Angelo: Production Engineering Department, Fluminense Federal University, Volta Redonda 27255-125, Brazil
Lino Guimarães Marujo: Program of Transportation Engineering, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Technology Center, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-914, Brazil
Pedro José Pires Carneiro: Program of Transportation Engineering, Alberto Luiz Coimbra Institute for Graduate Studies and Research in Engineering (COPPE), Technology Center, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-914, Brazil

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 13, 1-23

Abstract: The promotion of electric mobility has the potential to reduce several impacts of the road transport sector, such as increased emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutants and natural resource depletion. As such, decision makers and other stakeholders around the world have invested significant efforts in the transition to sustainable urban mobility based on the use of electric vehicles. However, there are few studies that investigate the potential benefits of electric mobility in all its facets; i.e., most focus on analyzing the benefits of replacing conventional cars while leaving aside other means of transportation with greater use and, consequently, higher emissions, such as, primarily, public transport and freight transport vehicles. Thus, this study aims to develop an action plan focused on electric mobility—APOEM, which stipulates gradual implementation steps in a time horizon of 5 years. For this purpose, a city with potential for electric mobility implementation called Atibaia, in the countryside of the State of São Paulo, in Brazil, is investigated. The results show that, in an ambitious scenario of electric vehicle deployment in the City of Atibaia, which presents energy supply compatible with demand, it would be possible to reduce a total of 30,788.70 tons of GHG in 5 years, and, as for emissions of air pollutants, it would be possible to reduce 140.38 tons of CO, 36.38 tons of NMHC, 1.58 tons of RCHO, 130.20 tons of NO x , 3.54 tons of MP and 0.75 tons of SO 2 in 5 years. It is also worth noting that, in order for electrification to generate a greater contribution to the environment, it is necessary that electric mobility be generated from renewable energy sources.

Keywords: road transport; action plan; electric mobility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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