A Study of Potential Electric Motorcycle Use to Support a Low Carbon Society: Case of a Developing Asian City

Abstract:

The objective of this study is to explore the potential for electric motorcycles to support a developing Asian city to be a low carbon society. The study surveyed the attitudes of motorcyclists to determine the proportion of motorcyclists willing to use an electric motorcycle and also estimated the reduction of CO2 emission from the transport sector in Khon Kaen city, Thailand. The approach Bottom-Up2 by road network with the transport demand forecasting model and emission factors by vehicle type were used to calculate CO2 emissions for each road link. 16% of motorcyclists currently using gasoline motorcycles would be willing to use electric motorcycles in the near future. To evaluate CO2 emission reduction, the future condition with introduced electric motorcycles was compared to the future do-nothing condition in the same future year. The evaluation result reveals that the electric motorcycle introduction could reduce 2.4% of CO2 emitted by the transport sector from the future do-nothing condition.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 931-932)
• Pages: 541-545
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.931-932.541
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Thaned Satiennam*, Wichuda Satiennam, Phongphan Tankasem, Piyanat Jantosut, Jessadaporn Thengnamlee, Weerut Khunpumphat
• Keywords: Demand Forecasting Model, Developing Asian City, Electric Motorcycle, Low-Carbon Society

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