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Car travel emission factors

Passenger travel by car, taxi or ride-hailing. From 10 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

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Factors
526
Libraries
10
With their own page
14
Units with a page
km · vehicle.km · m
Largest library
DESNZ

202 factors, 38%

What the 14 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Well-to-useCombustionEnergy, full life cycleCradle to gate

Per km · 6 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.0278 (Cars (by market segment) - Lower medium - Battery Electric Vehicle, DESNZ) to 0.241 (Light Passenger Vehicle - 2015-2020 Fleet - Petrol vehicle: >=3000 cc, MfE) kgCO₂e per km. 2 boundaries appear here, so part of the spread is what each factor counts, not a disagreement between publishers.

Per vehicle.km · 3 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.05
From 0.056 (Elektrisch - Gemiddelde stroommix, CO2emissiefactoren.nl) to 0.247 (Light-Duty Truck, EPA Hub) kgCO₂e per vehicle.km. 2 boundaries appear here, so part of the spread is what each factor counts, not a disagreement between publishers.

Per m · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.000235
From 0.000238 (Car (Diesel) EURO 3, ÖKOBAUDAT) to 0.000251 (Car (Gasoline) EURO 3, ÖKOBAUDAT) kgCO₂e per m.

Per p.km · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0.22
From 0.229 (PKW Diesel (D) - Straße, UBA (AT)) to 0.25 (Gasoline car - Courte distance, ADEME) kgCO₂e per p.km.

Per CAD

OpenIO-Canada puts Taxi and limousine services at 0.44 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

10 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

DESNZ (202) and MfE (193) hold 75% of them; the other 8 publish the rest (131).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Gasoline car - Courte distanceADEMEFranceEnergy, full life cycle0.25 kgCO₂e/p.km2025
Auto - Diesel, KleinCO2emissiefactoren.beBelgiumWell-to-use0.166 kgCO₂e/vehicle.km2024
Elektrisch - Gemiddelde stroommixCO2emissiefactoren.nlNetherlandsWell-to-use0.056 kgCO₂e/vehicle.km2026
Cars (by market segment) - Lower medium - Battery Electric VehicleDESNZUnited KingdomWell-to-use0.0278 kgCO₂e/km2026
Cars (by size) - Large car - HybridDESNZUnited KingdomWell-to-use0.198 kgCO₂e/km2026
Light-Duty TruckEPA HubUnited StatesCombustion0.247 kgCO₂e/vehicle.km2026
Light Passenger Vehicle - 2015-2020 Fleet - Petrol vehicle: >=3000 ccMfENew ZealandCombustion0.241 kgCO₂e/km2024
Light Passenger Vehicle - Pre 2010 Fleet - Petrol hybrid vehicle: <1350 ccMfENew ZealandCombustion0.147 kgCO₂e/km2024
CNG - Turismos (M1)MITECOSpainCombustion0.181 kgCO₂e/km2025
Gasóleo - Turismos (M1)MITECOSpainCombustion0.159 kgCO₂e/km2025
Car (Diesel) EURO 3ÖKOBAUDATGermanyWell-to-use0.000238 kgCO₂e/m2023
Car (Gasoline) EURO 3ÖKOBAUDATGermanyWell-to-use0.000251 kgCO₂e/m2023
Taxi and limousine servicesOpenIO-CanadaNova ScotiaCradle to gate0.44 kgCO₂e/CAD2022
PKW Diesel (D) - StraßeUBA (AT)AustriaEnergy, full life cycle0.229 kgCO₂e/p.km2024

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