Emission Factor

Passenger car

0.3464kgCO2e/mile

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of passenger car. The primary source is EPA Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Table 8 Business Travel and Employee Commuting - March 9 2018. NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source and will be removed soon.

PropertyValue
NamePassenger car
SectorTransport
CategoryVehicles
SourceGHG Protocol
Source DatasetGHG Emissions Calculation Tool
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.3464kg/mile
  • CO20.343 kg/mile
  • CH40.000019 kg/mile
  • N2O0.000011 kg/mile
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 15Version log
  • Replaced by: 29a4aea2-b9ac-41a8-b382-7a8c9834eed8

API Reference

Activity ID
passenger_vehicle-vehicle_type_car-fuel_source_na-engine_size_na-vehicle_age_na-vehicle_weight_na
UUID
2b76b9f9-46e0-4933-93c0-21ab62f9d943
Code Snippet
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