Vehicle fleet electrification: impacts on energy demand, air quality and GHG emissions. An integrated assessment approach

Transport sector is responsible for 25% of European GHG emissions, furthermore it has high impacts on air pollution at various scales. electric mobility is growing fast and it could be effective in reducing road transport GHGs and pollutant emissions, but its potential depends on the energy mix used to produce electricity. In this paper an Integrated Assessment Model is proposed to analyze the energetic transition to an electric vehicle fleet at regional scale. Two scenarios are proposed to assess at the same time which are the impacts of the electric power sources and of the reduced road transport emissions. Results are presented in terms of CO2 emissions, air quality indexes, energy savings and health impacts.