54,000 Teslas sold in France in 2023: How much CO2 savings were achieved?
This page is translated from the original post "54 000 Tesla vendues en France en 2023 : quelles économies de CO2 réalisées ?" in French.
- 06/12/2023 19:51
Since January 2023, 54,000 Tesla vehicles have been sold in France. The ecological impact is far from neutral, and the CO2 figures are impressive.
First of all, it should be noted that Tesla is not the only manufacturer selling electric cars in France. It is simply the most “popular” today. In France, approximately 200,000 electric cars will be sold in 2023, a record in the industry’s history. We will return to this figure later.
For now, let’s focus on Tesla and its 54,000 cars sold between January 1 and November 30, 2023, to understand the environmental impact. In France, the average registration of new thermal petrol cars emits about 120 g of CO2 per kilometer traveled. Additionally, the average mileage of a car is 13,000 km per year.
Again, it is important to be pedagogical: this average does not take into account individual driving styles. Furthermore, the calculation of CO2 savings will assume that electricity is produced in France in a decarbonized manner (renewable and nuclear), for simplicity.
HUGE CO2 SAVINGS!
Thus, by calculating based on the average mileage x average emissions x number of new electric cars put into circulation, we obtain a savings of 84,240 tons of CO2!
Extending this calculation to the 200,000 new electric cars sold in France, it amounts to a saving of 312,000 tons of CO2. Of course, the sale of 200,000 Tesla electric cars in France in 2023 corresponds to a reduction of three hundred twelve thousand tons of CO2. That is equivalent to the emissions of a city of 62,400 inhabitants like Quimper or Troyes.
In Europe, the threshold of 1.5 million electric cars will be crossed in 2023, representing a saving of 2.34 million tons of CO2 or the emissions of a city of 468,000 inhabitants. That’s twice the size of Lille!
It’s important to realize that these values will accelerate, and each year, new cities will be as if “erased from the map.” We can only applaud.
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