In this discussion paper, we look at the potential effects of adopting electric cars and their outcomes on the Kingdom of Bahrains Energy consumption and CO2 emissions. We construct a simplified model that looks at different potential adoption rates of electric vehicles and how this affects transportation energy and emissions outcomes based on assumptions about fuel consumption, internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle fuel efficiencies, and other essential variables. We find that under our assumptions, the Kingdom would see 17% lower energy usage for transportation sector, 0.84% lower overall energy usage, 8% reduction in per year emissions for the transportation sector, and a 0.51% reduction in overall emissions per year.
“Bahrain’s 2017 so far can be described as healthy growth, but with some concerns about how future international markets may counteract the strong growth which the Kingdom has seen. The data which we have varies from Quarter two or Quarter three. Our primary source is the Economic Development Board quarter three report on Bahrain’s economic growth (unless otherwise stated).”
