Emission Factor

Car (average) - Passenger vehicles & travel land

0.0451kgCO2e/km

Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of Well-to-Tank (WTT) for passenger vehicles and business travel on land. EF should be used to report the upstream Scope 3 emissions associated with extraction/refining and transportation of the raw fuels before they are used to power the transport mode. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameCar (average) - Passenger vehicles & travel land
SectorTransport
CategoryVehicles
SourceBEIS
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.04508kg/km
LCA Activity
well_to_tank
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4

API Reference

Activity ID
passenger_vehicle-vehicle_type_car-fuel_source_na-engine_size_na-vehicle_age_na-vehicle_weight_na
UUID
47d07021-8bb6-403a-891e-21b4ee44e8d9
Code Snippet
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