{"title":"The future of light-duty vehicles in Brazil: tendencies and challenges for a greener fleet","authors":"R. Sacco, M. M. Frigo","doi":"10.47168/rbe.v29i2.783","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This work aims to analyze the possible Brazilian solutions for a cleaner light-duty vehicles fleet and discuss the challenges of adopting the main alternatives: (i) natural gas and biomethane, (ii) electrification and hybrids, and (iii) biofuels, consisting of qualitative analysis through bibliographic and exploratory research. A table shows the landmarks, future perspectives, and challenges for developing each alternative tackled in this work. The Petroleum Crisis in 1973 was a landmark for energetic Brazilian history. Due to the high petroleum prices in the mid-1970s, the Brazilian government and entrepreneurs took concrete actions toward alternative fuel solutions. Brazil has peculiar characteristics that can make electrification not the best or the only solution for a greener fleet. Brazil must find its path toward a low-carbon economy without throwing away its already know-how and traditional experienced trajectory.","PeriodicalId":419393,"journal":{"name":"Revista Brasileira de Energia","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2023-07-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Revista Brasileira de Energia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47168/rbe.v29i2.783","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This work aims to analyze the possible Brazilian solutions for a cleaner light-duty vehicles fleet and discuss the challenges of adopting the main alternatives: (i) natural gas and biomethane, (ii) electrification and hybrids, and (iii) biofuels, consisting of qualitative analysis through bibliographic and exploratory research. A table shows the landmarks, future perspectives, and challenges for developing each alternative tackled in this work. The Petroleum Crisis in 1973 was a landmark for energetic Brazilian history. Due to the high petroleum prices in the mid-1970s, the Brazilian government and entrepreneurs took concrete actions toward alternative fuel solutions. Brazil has peculiar characteristics that can make electrification not the best or the only solution for a greener fleet. Brazil must find its path toward a low-carbon economy without throwing away its already know-how and traditional experienced trajectory.