Vehicles emission factors

Vehicles as purchased goods: cars, trucks, ships, aircraft, bicycles. From 5 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryManufactured goods
Factors
4,144
Libraries
5
With their own page
9
Units with a page
JPY · CAD · EUR
Largest library

3,710 factors, 90%

What the 9 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.

Cradle to gateCradle to store gate

Per JPY · 5 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.00154 (Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing, Open CEDA) to 0.00951 (Motorcycle, bicycle, and parts manufacturing, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Per CAD · 2 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.0158 (Freight and utility trailers, OpenIO-Canada) to 0.0903 (Motor vehicle gasoline engines and engine parts, OpenIO-Canada) kgCO₂e per CAD.

Per EUR

EXIOBASE puts Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (34) at 0.426 kgCO₂e/EUR (Cradle to gate, 2019), the only factor page in this unit.

Per USD

USEEIO puts Aircraft Manufacturing at 0.123 kgCO₂e/USD (Cradle to store gate, 2023), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

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

Open CEDA (3,710) and OpenIO-Canada (306) hold 97% of them; the other 3 publish the rest (128).

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
Motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (34)EXIOBASEMaltaCradle to gate0.426 kgCO₂e/EUR2019
Aircraft engine and engine parts manufacturingOpen CEDANigerCradle to gate0.00279 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Aircraft manufacturingOpen CEDAColombiaCradle to gate0.00179 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturingOpen CEDASwitzerlandCradle to gate0.00154 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Motor home manufacturingOpen CEDASaint LuciaCradle to gate0.00345 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Motorcycle, bicycle, and parts manufacturingOpen CEDALaosCradle to gate0.00951 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Freight and utility trailersOpenIO-CanadaYukonCradle to gate0.0158 kgCO₂e/CAD2022
Motor vehicle gasoline engines and engine partsOpenIO-CanadaNewfoundland and LabradorCradle to gate0.0903 kgCO₂e/CAD2022
Aircraft ManufacturingUSEEIOUnited StatesCradle to store gate0.123 kgCO₂e/USD2023

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