In the context of climate change and Intelligent Transportation Systems, this work is part of an ongoing research focused on the potential of electric mobility in reducing pollutant emissions by moving vehicles. Targeting the Mindelo city in Cabo Verde, West Africa, we evaluate the impact of electric mobility in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, including CO, CO2, NOx, HC, and PMx. With this aim, and relying on data provided by local transport authorities, we consider the total number of active vehicles, as well as their categories and manufacturing year, and develop twenty-four (24) hours SUMO traffic scenarios for the Mindelo city. Using these SUMO traffic scenarios we then perform simulations by gradually replacing the standard gas-powered vehicles by electric vehicles. As expected, the results show a significant decrease in greenhouse gas emissions while the number of electric vehicles increases, demonstrating the positive impact of electric mobility in the climate change phenomenon. On the other hand, the results also show that CO2 is the greenhouse gas with the highest emission levels in vehicular environments.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Assessing the Potential of Electric Mobility in Reducing Vehicular Greenhouse Gas Emissions


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2023-06-01


    Size :

    772396 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Reducing greenhouse emissions at origin

    Duss, Markus | Online Contents | 2009



    AUTOMATICALLY ASSESSING AND REDUCING VEHICULAR INCIDENT RISK

    DUGAS CHARLES PATRICK / RIVERSO ROBERT JOHN / BENFEITO CARLOS | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    AUTOMATICALLY ASSESSING AND REDUCING VEHICULAR INCIDENT RISK

    DUGAS CHARLES PATRICK / RIVERSO ROBERT JOHN / BENFEITO CARLOS | European Patent Office | 2020

    Free access

    Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Electric Vehicles in China: the Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

    Zhao, Fuquan / Hao, Han / Cheng, Xiang et al. | SAE Technical Papers | 2016