Life cycle assessment of electric vehicles in shuttle traffic - field test results of the project RheinMobil

The RheinMobil field test investigated potential ecological benefits of BEVs in cross-border shuttle traffic. For over 2.5 years and 450,000 km, driving profiles, and energy consumption data was collected from seven minivan BEVs used by commuting shift workers. The average TTW energy consumption was 231 Wh/km, significantly higher than the stated NECD value. The LCA results show that under the specific use profiles of RheinMobil the application of BEVs leads to notable benefits in the global warming potential compared to ICEVs, but not in all investigated impact categories, e.g. the acidification potential.