Powertrain 2020 - The Future Drives Electric (PDF ... - Roland Berger
Powertrain 2020 - The Future Drives Electric (PDF ... - Roland Berger
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"<strong>Powertrain</strong> <strong>2020</strong> – <strong>The</strong> <strong>Future</strong> <strong>Drives</strong> <strong>Electric</strong>"<br />
Of course, the true amount of CO 2 emissions that can be cut by replacing<br />
conventional ICE-powered vehicles with EVs and PHEVs depends on<br />
how clean the source of the electric power itself is. With today's average<br />
global emissions of less than 600 g of CO 2 per kWh in power generation 1) ,<br />
EVs and PHEVs can provide more than 30% of the CO 2 reduction per<br />
vehicle even on a well-to-wheel basis – not taking into account the efforts<br />
being put into replacing CO 2 -intensive power generation with methods<br />
based on renewable power sources.<br />
Replacing 20% of today's LDV fleet with EVs and PHEVs would mean<br />
putting roughly 130 million such vehicles on the road worldwide. This<br />
would increase world electricity demand by about 150 TWh or 1%. In<br />
other words, the impact would be much less than the expected global<br />
increase in electricity generation from renewable sources. 1)<br />
1) Source: IEA, WEO 2008