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Carbon-neutral vehicles
Carbon-neutral vehicles
Using data to accelerate innovation
Using data to accelerate innovation
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There’s an inherent carbon footprint across a vehicle’s lifecycle
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Raw materials
Extraction
Refining
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Transportation
Materials
Finished product – cradle to gate
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Production
Including components
across the supply chain
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Use phase
Fuel Energy Maintenance
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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:
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A product can’t be carbon neutral
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Carbon neutrality can only be achieved on a global scale
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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
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