This report aims to increase awareness of effective ways to reduce emissions in the transport sector by outlining the planning, implementation, and management of electric buses (e-buses) in the fleet of Santiago’s public transport system

This report discusses the real-world performance data of low-carbon buses in the People’s Republic of China.

The report outlines a roadmap that is global in scope, while including only international operations. It describes the effect of fuel price on traffic demand. It compares cumulative CO2 emissions from three scenarios against global carbon budgets that are tied to the three temperature targets. And it suggests intermediate goals to ensure that the aviation sector makes early investments in new emissions-reduction technology to avoid quickly consuming its share of the global carbon budget.

The report observed much of the growth in electrification can be attributed to targets and policy support for electric vehicles, in addition to the rising economic competitiveness, technological advancement and model availability of these vehicles. In 2021, electric car sales totalled 6.6 million worldwide, more than doubling from 2020, while sales of other electric vehicles such as two- and three wheelers and buses also saw significant increases.

The study finds that battery-electric trucks for last-mile delivery can reach TCO parity with their diesel counterparts today in most of the European cities considered in this study with the purchase premiums currently available. Without these premiums, they would not reach economic viability relative to diesel trucks until the second half of the decade. The analysis also finds that adjusting the battery size to a truck’s daily mileage and route-level energy needs can help to reduce the truck’s purchase price gap relative to its diesel counterpart.