1、Carbon footprint report Volvo C40 Recharge 1Carbon footprint report Volvo C40 Recharge Contents Executive summary 3Authors and contacts 7Terms and definitions 81.General description of life cycle assessment(LCA)111.1 Principles of LCA 111.2 LCA standards 122.Methodology 132.1 The products 132.2 Way
2、of working overview 142.3 Methodology to define vehicle material composition 152.4 Goal and scope definition 16 2.4.1 Intended audience 16 2.4.2 System boundaries 16 2.4.3 Functional unit 17 2.4.4 Allocations 17 2.4.5 System expansion 17 2.4.6 Assumptions and limitations 173.Life cycle inventory ana
3、lysis(LCI)183.1 Material production and refining 18 3.1.1 Aluminium production and refining 19 3.1.2 Steel production and refining 19 3.1.3 Electronics production and refining 19 3.1.4 Plastics production and refining 20 3.1.5 Minor material categories,production and refining 20 3.1.6 Electricity us
4、e in materials production and refining 203.2 Battery modules 203.3 Manufacturing and logistics at Volvo Cars 20 3.3.1 Logistics 20 3.3.2 Volvo Cars factories 213.4 Use phase 213.5 End-of-life of the vehicle 224.Results 244.1 C40 Recharge compared with XC40 ICE(E5 petrol)244.2 C40 Recharge compared w
5、ith XC40 Recharge 274.3 Production of materials and components 285.Sensitivity analysis 305.1 Explore future electricity grid mix for EU-28 for use phase 305.2 Explore regionalised datasets for material production(EU compared to global)316.Discussion 326.1 The importance of electricity mix choice fo
6、r charging the car 326.2 Shift of focus 336.3 Energy sources for materials production and refining 336.4 Technical development of materials production and refining 336.5 Battery development 336.6 The effects of the methodological choices 336.7 Need for more transparency and traceability 347.Conclusi