Health and climate benefits of Electric Vehicle Deployment in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area
| Autor: | Yijun Gai, Marianne Hatzopoulou, Laura Minet, I. Daniel Posen, Audrey Smargiassi, Louis-François Tétreault |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Canada
Mains electricity business.product_category 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Climate Transportation 010501 environmental sciences Toxicology 01 natural sciences Electrification Electricity Electric vehicle 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Vehicle Emissions business.industry General Medicine Environmental economics Pollution Metropolitan area Renewable energy Incentive Software deployment Greenhouse gas Environmental science business |
| Zdroj: | Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 265 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6424 |
| Popis: | This study presents the results of an integrated model developed to evaluate the environmental and health impacts of Electric Vehicle (EV) deployment in a large metropolitan area. The model combines a high-resolution chemical transport model with an emission inventory established with detailed transportation and power plant information, as well as a framework to characterize and monetize the health impacts. Our study is set in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in Canada with bounding scenarios for 25% and 100% EV penetration rates. Our results indicate that even with the worst-case assumptions for EV electricity supply (100% natural gas), vehicle electrification can deliver substantial health benefits in the GTHA, equivalent to reductions of about 50 and 260 premature deaths per year for 25% and 100% EV penetration, compared to the base case scenario. If EVs are charged with renewable energy sources only, then electrifying all passenger vehicles can prevent 330 premature deaths per year, which is equivalent to $3.8 Billion (2016$CAD) in social benefits. When the benefit of EV deployment is normalized per vehicle, it is higher than most incentives provided by the government, indicating that EV incentives can generate high social benefits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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