Petrol car: carbon footprint

Carbonle#12 of 14

🚘Carbon footprintPetrol car

17.05kg CO₂e / 100 km

per 100 km

carbonle.com

Petrol car comes in at about 17.05 kg CO₂e / 100 km (per 100 km).

Of the 14 ways to get around Carbonle tracks, Petrol car sits at #12 from the lightest — one of the heaviest.

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

17.05 kg CO₂e to travel 100 km. (170.48 g per passenger-km, DEFRA 2022.)

Play today's Carbonle →

Compare with

Figures from DEFRA 2022 GHG factors: 170.48 g/passenger-km × 100 km, licensed OGL v3.0.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.