TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Techno-economical and ecological potential of electric scooters: a life cycle analysis
JO  - European journal of transport and infrastructure research
A1  - Kazmaier, Markus
A1  - Taefi, Tessa T.
A1  - Hettesheimer, Tim
SP  - 233
EP  - 251
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
N2  - In Germany, mobility is currently in a state of flux. Since June 2019, electric kick scooters (e-scooters) have been permitted on the roads, and this market is booming. This study employs a user survey to generate new data, supplemented by expert interviews to determine whether such e-scooters are a climate-friendly means of transport. The environmental impacts are quantified using a life cycle assessment. This results in a very accurate picture of e-scooters in Germany. The global warming potential of an e-scooter calculated in this study is 165 g CO2-eq./km, mostly due to material and production (that together account for 73% of the impact). By switching to e-scooters where the battery is swapped, the global warming potential can be reduced by 12%. The lowest value of 46 g CO2-eq./km is reached if all possibilities are exploited and the life span of e-scooters is increased to 15 months. Comparing these emissions with those of the replaced modal split, e-scooters are at best 8% above the modal split value of 39 g CO2-eq./km.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1567-7133
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.18757/ejtir.2020.20.4.4912
ID  - ref1
ER  -