September 6, 2017 — RAEL Lunch — Anne-Perrine Avrin, “Vehicle Electrification in China Can Play a Critical and Cost-Effective Role in Capping Urban Transport CO2 Emissions in 2030 and Beyond”
310 Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA, United StatesWe review passenger car deployment trends in China until 2050, which are used to develop a model to explore deployment scenarios for New Energy Vehicles (NEV: plug-in hybrids and battery electric vehicles) in terms of carbon dioxide emissions, costs, and electricity demand. We find that, investing in large-scale NEV deployment minimizes overall costs over the 2050 horizon. […]