Life cycle assessment reveals reduced environmental impact of battery electric vehicles with renewable electricity, highlighting trade-offs in resource use.
Transportation electrification is one of the key strategies in the sustainable energy transition. Life cycle assessment was performed to evaluate the environmental impact of different electricity mixes with higher uptake of renewable energy sources and various driving modes on the use of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The results showed that the values for categories global warming, fine particulate matter formation, ozone formation, human health, and fossil fuel scarcity decreased by 15.8 %, 11.3 %, 25.3 %, and 12.9 %, respectively, in the Green 2030 scenario compared to the baseline. When the driving mode was considered, the impact decreased by 27.7 %, 36.9 %, 21.3 %, and 24.4 %, respectively, in the lowest use in the current production scenario. In the categories of land use and mineral resource scarcity, a 6.9 % and 2.1 % increase in the values was observed in Green 2030 scenario, showcasing the trade-off in different environmental impact categories.
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