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. 2011 Jul 22;8(7):3032–3062. doi: 10.3390/ijerph8073032

Table 4.

Ratios of global emissions of CO2, SO2, NOx, and PM from road vehicles in the four alternative scenarios to those in the BaU scenario 1

CO2 emissions ratio (%) SO2 emissions ratio (%) NOx emissions ratio (%) PM emissions ratio (%)

2020 2030 2040 2050 2020 2030 2040 2050 2020 2030 2040 2050 2020 2030 2040 2050
BaU scenario with a 10-year lag
Light-duty vehicles 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 47.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 74.6 68.0 87.6 100.0 88.2 85.8 100.0 100.0
Two-wheelers 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 24.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 84.0 76.6 69.9 100.0 69.0 57.4 100.0 100.0
Buses 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 22.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 81.6 73.8 64.2 51.2 69.2 61.6 46.4 68.5
Medium-duty trucks 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 24.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.8 72.1 62.8 49.8 72.5 65.9 43.7 63.3
Heavy-duty trucks 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 25.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 82.3 74.1 64.8 53.8 67.1 54.8 47.2 63.3
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 32.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 80.7 72.8 68.3 63.2 72.1 65.5 79.2 89.2

BaU scenario with a 30-year lag
Light-duty vehicles 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 178.5 176.7 100.0 100.0 123.6 136.3 144.6 115.3 109.9 113.2 116.7 100.0
Two-wheelers 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 205.3 286.0 100.0 100.0 112.4 119.6 127.2 130.5 125.2 140.2 156.7 100.0
Buses 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 229.9 300.4 100.0 100.0 115.6 124.7 137.6 148.4 131.4 147.7 157.3 204.0
Medium-duty trucks 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 221.2 281.0 100.0 100.0 116.3 126.3 139.0 149.6 127.6 140.5 149.3 203.9
Heavy-duty trucks 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 231.7 265.8 100.0 100.0 115.0 124.5 136.9 146.1 132.9 154.6 176.3 192.8
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 209.3 226.6 100.0 100.0 116.6 126.4 138.4 140.1 126.1 137.5 143.8 128.9

CO2 mitigation scenario
Light-duty vehicles 98.9 92.6 88.8 79.9 98.3 92.6 88.8 80.0 98.1 92.9 87.7 78.3 98.6 92.4 87.4 78.1
Two-wheelers 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.4 100.0 100.0 99.9 94.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 93.6
Buses 99.3 99.3 98.0 92.6 100.1 99.3 98.0 92.0 100.6 99.3 97.4 101.5 101.8 98.5 95.4 94.0
Medium-duty trucks 99.1 98.0 94.2 77.9 99.5 98.0 94.2 78.0 98.7 97.0 93.5 75.5 98.7 97.6 92.5 68.3
Heavy-duty trucks 99.9 99.8 99.6 84.6 99.9 99.8 99.6 84.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 96.5 99.9 99.9 99.9 93.9
Total 99.3 96.0 93.4 81.7 99.3 95.9 93.3 81.6 99.5 98.2 96.2 87.8 99.7 97.6 93.7 80.4

CO2 mitigation scenario with optimistic cost assumptions
Light-duty vehicles 79.9 58.0 55.3 46.2 80.6 58.1 55.4 46.4 78.2 53.1 54.0 53.9 75.7 52.3 54.4 53.6
Two-wheelers 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.0
Buses 94.3 93.3 94.0 92.2 93.8 93.5 86.8 70.1 88.1 81.9 83.5 74.6 87.2 83.3 81.7 67.5
Medium-duty trucks 92.3 73.9 49.1 28.2 92.4 73.9 49.2 28.3 83.5 56.3 42.1 36.0 83.5 54.8 38.3 33.7
Heavy-duty trucks 100.1 100.1 99.9 97.9 100.1 100.1 99.9 97.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.7 100.1 100.0 99.9 99.5
Total 88.5 74.8 69.2 59.4 91.1 74.4 68.4 57.5 91.7 81.4 77.5 73.2 92.6 80.7 72.8 60.2
1

This table shows tank-to-wheel CO2 emissions. The carbon emission factor for biofuels has been set at zero assuming that biomass is produced in a sustainable way so that they can be regarded as CO2 neutral.