The introduction of electric vehicles such as TUM's MUTE into the mass market over the next years poses the question, where EVs will find the most favourable conditions concerning economical and environmental criteria. There is no doubt that low operating costs and environmental implications due to EVs provide the best basis for moving out of the niche and into the mass market. Hence the crucial factor for a market breakthrough of EVs lies with the type of power plants in the upstream primary energy chain, which de facto determine operation costs and attributed emissions of EVs. Countries such as France and Switzerland emerge as major environmental beneficiaries effectively capable of strongly reducing the emissions of the automobile sector in the short term. At the same time the additional electricity can be provided by existing nuclear and/or hydro power plants at very competitive costs. Yet in summary all considered countries would be dependant mainly on middle load thermal power plants to provide the additional electricity needed during off-peak charging hours of the MUTE. This results in either high or moderate CO2 yields per km or additional nuclear waste accumulating due to a switch to electric mobility. On a long term basis it will therefore become inevitable for the power generation sector to switch to predominantly renewable sources. The long lasting aftermath of CO2 emissions and nuclear waste attributable to EVs can hereby be avoided. Coupling the power demand of EVs to the fluctuating feed-in of renewables thus has a high potential to foster sustainability in both the power generation and the automobile sector. In conclusion our studies show that sustainable mobility on the basis of highly efficient EVs such as TUM's MUTE in combination with renewable energy charging is the cleanest and most affordable option in Germany to date. Additional EV investment incentives such as in France or the USA are therefore not necessary in Germany: With the help of the EEG, low charging costs and thus EV operation costs arise. Hence coupling EVs and renewable energies provides a double benefit for society: clean energy generation combined with next generation mobility.


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    Title :

    Sustainable mobility - the MUTE as a prime example for clean and affordable mobility


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2012


    Size :

    22 Seiten, 12 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 11 Quellen



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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