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Emission Factor

Car (lower medium) - passenger vehicles

0.15473
kgCO2e/km

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of passenger vehicles. Passenger vehicles conversion factors should be used to report travel in cars and on motorcycles that are owned or controlled by the reporting organisation. This does not include employee-owned vehicles that are used for business purposes. Retrieved from the Conversion Factors 2025: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NameCar (lower medium) - passenger vehicles
SectorTransport
CategoryVehicles
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2025
Region
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit Type
Distance
Year
2025
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.15473kg/km
  • CO20.15355 kg/km
  • CH40.00000643 kg/km
  • N2O0.00000377 kg/km
Scopes1
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
passenger_vehicle-vehicle_type_lower_medium_car-fuel_source_na-engine_size_na-vehicle_age_na-vehicle_weight_na
UUID
7cb1c465-b3d9-4bf1-9b37-78d94f47c53e
Code Snippet
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