Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Bike Application in Shanghai

2001-01-3727

11/12/2001

Event
2001 Environmental Sustainability Conference & Exhibition
Authors Abstract
Content
Shanghai had about a half million gasoline powered motorbikes in 2000. The motorbikes have become a significant contributor to ambient air pollution in Shanghai. This study selected an electric bike (e-bike) as a potential replacement for gasoline powered motorbikes. Life cycle assessment (LCA) was carried out for the two systems in terms of energy utilization and environment implications. LCA results indicated that e-bike is not better than the motorbike in all environment categories. The e-bike consumes less energy than the motorbike during its life cycle, and emits less GWP into air, and less BOD, COD, DS and HC into water. On the other hand, it generates more solid wastes, acidification potential, and HM than the motorbike, due to electric power production. Therefore, the Shanghai government should advocate advanced batteries and clean coal fired power plant technologies while implementing an electrical vehicle plan.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3727
Pages
9
Citation
Zhang, C., Wang, C., Sullivan, J., Han, W. et al., "Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Bike Application in Shanghai," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-3727, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3727.
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Published
Nov 12, 2001
Product Code
2001-01-3727
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English