Kosai, Shoki and Zakaria, Sazalina and Che, Hang Seng and Hasanuzzaman, Md. and Abd Rahim, Nasrudin and Tan, Chiakwang and Ahmad, Radin Diana R. and Abbas, Ahmad Rosly and Nakano, Katsuyuki and Yamasue, Eiji and Woon, Wei Kian and Amer, Ammar Harith Ahmad (2022) Estimation of greenhouse gas emissions of petrol, biodiesel and battery electric vehicles in Malaysia based on life cycle approach. Sustainability, 14 (10). ISSN 2071-1050, DOI 0.3390/su14105783.
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A steady rise in the ownership of vehicles in Malaysia has drawn attention to the need for more effective strategies to reduce the emissions of the road transport sector. Although the electrification of vehicles and replacing petrol with biofuel are the strategies being considered in Malaysia, these strategies have yet to be fully evaluated from an environmental perspective. In this study, a life cycle assessment was conducted to compare the greenhouse gas emissions of different types of transportation means (passenger cars, two-wheelers (motorbikes), and buses) with several types of powertrains (petrol, biodiesel, electricity) based on multiple lifecycle stages in Malaysia. The impact of considering land use change for the biodiesel production in the LCA was also considered in this study. It was found that the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles fueled by petrol to electric vehicles would reduce the greenhouse gas emission for passenger cars, two-wheelers, and buses. However, because the greenhouse gas emissions of biodiesel-fueled vehicles are higher than those of petrol-fueled vehicles, even without considering land use change, the results indicate that the transition from a 10% to 20% biofuel blend, which is a current strategy in Malaysia, will not result in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions for the transport sector in Malaysia.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 20K20013, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization(R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Life cycle assessment; Biodiesel; Land-use change; Palm oil; Electric vehicle; ASEAN |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics |
| Divisions: | Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > UM Power Energy Dedicated Advanced Centre |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2023 19:49 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2023 19:49 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/42235 |
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