Electric car: carbon footprint

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🔋Carbon footprintElectric car

4.71kg CO₂e / 100 km

per 100 km

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Electric car comes in at about 4.71 kg CO₂e / 100 km (per 100 km).

Of the 14 ways to get around Carbonle tracks, Electric car sits at #6 from the lightest — mid-pack.

Distance times how it's powered. Rail is cheap, a seat on a plane is not.

4.71 kg CO₂e to travel 100 km. (47.09 g per passenger-km, DEFRA 2022.)

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Figures from DEFRA 2022 GHG factors: 47.09 g/passenger-km × 100 km, licensed OGL v3.0.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.