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Road freight medium and heavy duty truck

0.2028kgCO2e/ton-mile

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Emission factor summary

Emission intensity of medium- and heavy-duty truckC. The primary source is EPA Emission Factors for Greenhouse Gas Inventories - Table 8 Business Travel and Employee Commuting - March 9 2018. NOTE: GHG protocol reports as source table Table 8 but the emission factors for CO2 CH4 and N2O are actually reported in Table 9 Upstream Transportation and Distribution and Downstream Transportation and Distribution. NOTE: This dataset has been deprecated by the source.

PropertyValue
NameRoad freight medium and heavy duty truck
SectorTransport
CategoryRoad Freight
SourceGHG Protocol
Region
United States of America (the) (US)
Unit Type
Weight Over Distance
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0.2028kg/ton-mile
  • CO20.2023 kg/ton-mile
  • CH40.000002 kg/ton-mile
  • N2O0.000001513 kg/ton-mile
LCA Activity
fuel_combustion
CO2e Calculation Origin
Source
CO2e Calculation Method
AR5
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
freight_vehicle-vehicle_type_truck_medium_or_heavy-fuel_source_na-vehicle_weight_na-percentage_load_na
UUID
670abd94-f42e-4beb-9422-adac85cb4ecb
Code Snippet
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