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Emission Factor

Petrol car (average) - passenger vehicles

0.17431
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 2021: flat file published by the UK BEIS/Defra at the source URL.

PropertyValue
NamePetrol car (average) - passenger vehicles
SectorTransport
CategoryVehicles
SourceBEIS
Source DatasetGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2021
Region
United Kingdom (GB)
Unit Type
Distance
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.17431kg/km
  • CO20.17363 kg/km
  • CH40.0000128 kg/km
  • N2O0.00000121 kg/km
Scopes1
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR4
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 28Version log
  • Replaced by: 563ac886-6650-4dd9-b2f4-77b34a4d8707

API Reference

Activity ID
passenger_vehicle-vehicle_type_car-fuel_source_petrol-engine_size_na-vehicle_age_na-vehicle_weight_na
UUID
f6d42b74-a25b-4aef-8563-d8f8579ca3a9
Code Snippet
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