Research for TRAN Committee - Battery-powered electric vehicles: market development and lifecycle emissions
As 2018 gets under way, there are probably more than three million electric cars in circulation in the world. There are also more than six hundred million electric bikes, scooters and motorcycles. Plus a few hundred thousand electric buses and other types of quadricycles having an electric motor. The first part of this paper traces the fast evolving market of electric road vehicles. The second part shows that the production of hundreds of millions of battery packs requires a lot of energy and plenty of scarce resources, which affects the real impact of electric vehicles on the climate and the environment and make it necessary to consider the recovery and recycling of used batteries.
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Linda Ager-Wick ELLINGSEN, Christine Roxanne HUNG
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- atom- og elektricitetsindustri
- bæredygtig mobilitet
- elektrisk energi
- elektrisk køretøj
- ENERGI
- energieffektivitet
- energipolitik
- EU-statistik
- farligt affald
- genvinding af affald
- genvindingsteknologi
- kul- og mineindustri
- MILJØ
- miljøindvirkning
- miljøpolitik
- miljøødelæggelse
- organisation af transport
- PRODUKTION, TEKNOLOGI OG FORSKNING
- reduktion af gasemissioner
- teknologi og tekniske bestemmelser
- TRANSPORT
- transportinfrastruktur
- transportmåde
- transportpolitik
- udvinding af mineprodukter
- ØKONOMI
- økonomisk analyse