Emissions Reductions from Electrifying High-Mileage Vehicles

This paper evaluates a strategy that would target sales of internal combustion vehicles driven at high annual mileage for displacement by electric the time initial sale. Using 2017 National Household Travel Survey data, we observe top 20% light duty kilometers traveled generate 46% greenhouse gas emissions. Displacing sale engine vehicle in quintile with an reduce emissions and certain criteria pollutants more than 15 times as much displacing bottom quintile.