Carbon-neutral vehicles
Carbon-neutral vehicles
Using data to accelerate innovation
Using data to accelerate innovation
There’s an inherent carbon footprint across a vehicle’s lifecycle
Raw materials
Extraction
Refining
Transportation
Materials
Finished product – cradle to gate
Production
Including components
across the supply chain
Use phase
Fuel Energy Maintenance
End of life
Waste management
According to the French Environment and Energy Management Agency
"A truly carbon-neutral vehicle can’t be produced
Here’s why:
A product can’t be carbon neutral
Carbon neutrality can only be achieved on a global scale
It might be possible at a country level, but that remains controversial
GHG emission breakdown
Battery electric vehicles (BEV) and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEV)
ICEV-Gas
Global Warming Potential (GWP), gCO2e/vkm
ICEV-Diesel
Global Warming Potential (GWP), gCO2e/vkm
BEV (EU27)
Global Warming Potential (GWP), gCO2e/vkm
Source: European Parliament, Environmental challenges through the lifecycle of battery electric vehicles – March 2023
You might not achieve true carbon neutrality – but you can get as close as possible
The trick:
Homing in on the best carbon reduction opportunities…which means you need to leverage vast amounts of data, correctly and at speed
