Abstract
Due to their small size and low energy demand, light electric vehicles (LEVs), such as electric moped scooters, are considered as a space efficient and eco-friendly alternative for mobility in cities. However, the growth of electric moped scooter sharing services raises the question of how environmentally friendly this business model is, considering the entire lifecycle. Due to the dynamic market and insufficient availability of public data on the business processes of sharing services only a few studies on the impact of shared electric mopeds are available. Especially there is a lack of research on the impacts of key operational logistic parameters of the sharing system. This paper aims to fill this gap by conducting a life cycle assessment using the example of an electric moped scooter manufactured and used in sharing services in Germany, based on different operating scenarios. The results show that e-moped sharing has a similar environmental impact on global warming potential, in terms of passenger kilometers, as public transport, especially if long product lifetimes as well as efficient operation logistics are realized.
Highlights
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) transportation is responsible for 24% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to fuel combustion, causing
We determined that the GWP of shared e-mopeds is 20 g CO2 -eq./pkm in the best case, when the e-mopeds are charged with solar power and the batteries are swapped with an electric van
I.e., assuming a 40% shorter e-moped lifetime, battery swapping with diesel vans, and charging with the German electricity mix, results in a GWP of 58 g CO2 -eq./pkm
Summary
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) transportation is responsible for 24% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to fuel combustion, causing8.2 Gt CO2 -eq in the year 2018. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) transportation is responsible for 24% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to fuel combustion, causing. Passenger road vehicles (cars, buses, two-wheelers) account for 44% of those emissions, which continue to rise slightly, despite efficiency gains in vehicle technology, due to rising traffic volumes. Another reason is the increasing number of larger vehicles sold, which have a high energy demand per passenger transported, but occupy a lot of space in already crowded cities [1]. Light electric vehicles (LEV), as a part of micromobility, offer numerous advantages for urban mobility over conventional vehicles with internal combustion engines. Micromobility and new ownership models such as sharing services with LEVs are emerging in cities worldwide [3,4]
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