“Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets” by Alexandre Milovanoff, UTTRI associated faculty Professor I. Daniel Posen and Professor Heather MacLean is making headlines. The research paper published in Nature Climate Change analyzes the U.S. and is the subject of articles by Scientific American, the U.K.’s Daily Mail and U of T Engineering News.
According to the paper,
Climate change mitigation strategies are often technology-oriented, and electric vehicles (EVs) are a good example of something believed to be a silver bullet.
The authors’ analysis shows that meeting target emissions reductions by 2050 using EVs alone is extremely unlikely.
They state that EV adoption will help, but conclude that “there is therefore a need for a wide range of policies that include measures to reduce vehicle ownership and usage.”
- Link to research paper “Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets,” Nature Climate Change, September 28, 2020.
- “Nearly every car on the road will have to be electric by 2050 to meet UN climate targets, researchers claim,” Daily Mail.com, September 28, 2020.
- “Ninety Percent of U.S. Cars Must Be Electric by 2050 to Meet Climate Goals,” Scientific American, September 29, 2020.
- “Electric vehicles can fight climate change, but they’re not a silver bullet: U of T study,” U of T Engineering News, September 29, 2020.