Study on LPG cars penetration
08.41
2008
TML was commissioned by the European LPG Association to investigate the benefits of an increased market share of LPG cars in the European car fleet, with a focus on the impact on CO2 emissions and other pollutants. The simulations were based on TREMOVE data and supplied information from AEGPL.
Commissioned by the European LPG Association (AEGPL), TML investigated the benefits of an increased market share of LPG cars in the European car fleet. More specifically, the impact of LPG cars on reducing CO₂ emissions (and other pollutants) was investigated.
The simulations of a base and two more optimistic penetration scenarios of LPG cars were based on TREMOVE data, updated with information provided by AEGPL. The base scenario reflects the current situation, where LPG cars are expected to account for 3% of the existing car fleet in Europe 31 by the year 2020. The other two scenarios contain assumptions about higher penetration of LPG cars per country, due to retrofit of conventional cars and the production of (new) LPG cars.
The results show how, under the scenario with the highest penetration of LPG cars, savings of up to €20.3 billion of total accumulated external costs can be achieved between 2007 and 2020 due to reduced emissions. Of this, a reduction of 349 million tonnes of CO2 can be expected. For individual end users, the effect is seen in €41.2 billion in savings.
