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The Potential Impacts of Electric Vehicles on Urban Air Quality in Shanghai City

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  • Xiaojian Hu

    (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China)

  • Nuo Chen

    (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China)

  • Nan Wu

    (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Urban ITS, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    Jiangsu Province Collaborative Innovation Center of Modern Urban Traffic Technologies, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China
    School of Transportation, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China)

  • Bicheng Yin

    (School of Environment, Education and Development, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK)

Abstract

The Shanghai government has outlined plans for the new vehicles used for the public transportation, rental, sanitation, postal, and intra-city freight to be completely powered by electricity by 2020. This paper analyzed the characteristics of vehicle emissions in Shanghai in the past five years. The potential reduction in road traffic related emissions due to the promotion and application of electric vehicle in Shanghai was evaluated. The potential reduction was quantified by vehicular emissions. The vehicular emissions inventories are calculated by the COPERT IV model under the different scenarios, of which the results indicate that promoting electric vehicles is the efficient measure to control all road traffic related emissions and improve urban air quality. The results also provided basis and support for making policies to promote and manage electric vehicles.

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  • Xiaojian Hu & Nuo Chen & Nan Wu & Bicheng Yin, 2021. "The Potential Impacts of Electric Vehicles on Urban Air Quality in Shanghai City," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(2), pages 1-12, January.
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