In order to reduce CO2 emissions from automobiles, a highly fuel-efficient hybrid vehicle, the “Insight”, has been developed at Honda. Life cycle CO2 emissions are compared for the aluminum-bodied Insight, a simulated steel-bodied Insight, and a conventional gasoline vehicle. Life cycle CO2 emission is still dominated by the in-use fuel consumption. However, the contribution of CO2 emission from material use and processing could increase when the vehicle fuel consumption is greatly reduced. The use of recycled aluminum reduces CO2 emission from the aluminum-bodied Insight.
Reduction of Life Cycle CO2 Emissions -The Example of Honda Insight
Sae Technical Papers
2001 Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition ; 2001
2001-11-12
Conference paper
English
Reduction of life cycle CO2 emissions - the example of Honda Insight
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