New car preferences move away from greater size,weight and power: Impact of Dutch consumer choices on average CO2-emissions |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National Chung Hsing University, 145 Xingda Rd., South Dist., Taichung City 40227, China;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Far East University, Zhonghua Rd., Xinshi Dist., Tainan City 74448, China;1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing and 100081, China;2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing and 100081, China;3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology,Beijing and 100081, China;1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, United States;2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, United States;1. Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK;1. Business School – Liverpool Hope University, Hope Park L16 9JD Liverpool, UK;2. European Commission –Joint Research Centre, IES – Institute for Environment and Sustainability, TP 441, 21020, Ispra, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This paper assesses the separate effects of consumer preferences and technological advances on sales-weighted average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in the Netherlands. Since 2008, consumer preferences have been moving away from large size, weight and power whereby car buyers were offsetting more than 50% of the potential CO2 reduction from technological advances. From 2008 to 2011 consumer choices not only ceased to offset a large share of the technological advances, but contributed more than an additional 30% to CO2 reductions. Had consumer preferences not decoupled from the historical upward trend, the Dutch sales-weighted average CO2 emissions of new passenger cars would have been 139 g/km rather than the 126 grams CO2 per km in 2011. |
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