Emission Factor

Passenger car

0.3464kgCO2e/mile

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
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

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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