EVs 10 times less expensive pollution cost
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study has found
that electric vehicles (EVs) can be up to 10 times less expensive per
ton of pollution removed compared to many existing or proposed
emissions controls programs. The new study by EPRI (Electric Power
Research Institute), "EVs: A Cost Effective Emissions Control
Strategy," provides quantifiable, environmental support for the
California Air Resources Board's (CARB) recently reconfirmed
commitment to the 1998 Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program.
"Electric cars and trucks represent one of the most cost-effective
ways of cleaning up the air in California and throughout the United
States," says EPRI-retained researcher, Dr. Oreste Bevilacqua. The
just-released EPRI study found electric cars, both in California and
nationwide, to be a bargain compared to many other air pollution
control methods imposed on small businesses. EPRI used EV cost data
from a July 1995 report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE). The report found that as EVs reach price parity with gasoline-
powered vehicles, emissions reductions will be achieved at no cost to
the consumer or society -- "a statement few other air pollution
control strategies can make," adds Dr. Bevilacqua.
The EPRI study found the EV's air pollution benefit to be very
similar to that reported in earlier studies by the Union of Concerned
Scientists, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Environmental
Defense Fund, and the California Air Resources Board -- that EVs in
California are more than 97 percent cleaner than gasoline-powered
vehicles when all fuel pollution sources were considered including
power plants, refineries, and refueling stations, in addition to
tailpipe emissions.
The EPRI study found, using South Coast Air Quality Management
District (AQMD) data, that the 1.1 million EVs projected to populate
the Los Angeles region in 2010 would reduce more than three times the
air pollution than would expanding rideshare rules to cover schools,
airports, shopping malls, and sports complexes. That number of EVs
would also reduce air pollution more than twice as much as proposed
new pollution controls on 20,000 small factory boilers and heaters.
EPRI is a research and development consortium of more than 700 of
the nation's utilities, representing about 70 percent of the
electricity generated in the United States.
Some of the key, quantitative findings of the report are
summarized in the table below:
Cost Proposed Pollution Control Measures
Electric vehicles in California $2,500/ton of pollution removed
EVs in other 49 states $900/ton of pollution removed
Further controls on commercial
bakeries $11,200/ton of pollution removed
New indoor/outdoor paint controls $20,100/ton of pollution removed
Commercial dry cleaning plant
controls $21,300/ton of pollution removed
Further controls on car paint shops $24,800/ton of pollution removed
Controls on restaurant charbroilers $30,400/ton of pollution removed
Source: AQMDs of San Francisco Bay and Greater Los Angeles areas.
EV data from EPRI uses cost information from the U.S. DOE and air
quality data from utilities and air pollution control agencies.
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[11-21-95 at 09:01 EST, PR Newswire]
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