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Light-Duty Truck

Name: Light-Duty Truck
Creator: U.S. EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub (Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative)
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Transport Car travel Combustion (tank-to-wheel)UP··partAverage

0.246515kgCO₂e/vehicle.kmGWP: AR6 (as published)

Published by U.S. EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub (Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative) in U.S. EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub (Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative) 2026.01 (Any year); last verified 2026-08-28.

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Values by year and methodology


Any year	0.246515▣headline

By gas

co2	0.24482	99.3%
ch4	0.000202	0.1%
n2o	0.001493	0.6%

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open-climate.ai (n.d.). Light-Duty Truck [emission factor]. U.S. EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub (Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative), U.S. EPA GHG Emission Factors Hub (Cornerstone Sustainability Data Initiative) 2026.01. Dataset 2026-08-28. Retrieved 2026-09-25. https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-epa-lightduty_truck-us-vehicle_km-combustion-ae29f472