Last month, the FOEN published figures on Switzerland's greenhouse gas emissions for 2019. The results are sobering. Not only are the 2020 climate targets very likely to be missed, but environmental pollution in the transport sector has actually increased slightly compared to 1990. One way to bring this sector into line with the Kyoto Protocol is to expand electric mobility.
While other sectors such as buildings, industry, and agriculture have seen emissions fall by more than a third compared to 1990 levels, transport in Switzerland has caused approximately 1% more pollution. The target of a 10% reduction by 2020 is likely to be missed by a wide margin. Although more efficient engines are reducing emissions per kilometer, this effect is more than offset by the increase in the distance traveled, making transport the biggest scapegoat for Swiss greenhouse gas emissions.
+1% instead of -10%: Swiss transport is far from the target. To ensure that this sector also makes an appropriate contribution to reducing greenhouse gases, there is a strong focus on expanding e-mobility. As numerous studies have now found, electric mobility is significantly more climate-friendly than combustion engines, from manufacture and operation to disposal and recycling, as it produces significantly fewer emissions. Back in 2010, EMPA researchers calculated that the environmental impact of an average electric car at that time was equivalent to a gasoline-powered car that consumed 4 liters of gasoline per 100 km. In terms of figures, the battery (manufacturing, operation, and disposal) accounts for just 15% of all emissions. The remaining 85% is attributable to charging, or rather the electricity used for this purpose. In Switzerland, however, this only accounts for a small amount of emissions, as 75% of the local electricity mix in 2019 consisted of renewable energies. Electric cars also score points over combustion engines thanks to significant savings in terms of noise pollution and particulate matter.
Despite all their advantages, electric cars are not entirely without negative aspects. Above all, the installation of the necessary charging stations in garages poses a challenge for both network operators and property owners. Often, the main connection capacity does not provide enough power to meet the increased demand from charging stations. To avoid an expensive and laborious expansion of this capacity, alternatives already exist today. Technologies such as CLEMAP's dynamic load management, which automatically controls and directs the charging of electric cars, prevent overload and at the same time allow the vehicles to be charged. The path to clean mobility has been paved; now it is time to take it.
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