produce more CO 2 for a given volume of fuel. The tailpipe CO 2 emissions for various transportation fuels are listed in the following table. Fuel type CO 2 tailpipe emissions (kg/L) Gasoline 2.29 E10 (10% ethanol + 90% gasoline) 2.21 E85 (85% ethanol + 15% gasoline) 1.61 Diesel 2.66 B5 (5% biodiesel + 95% diesel) 2.65 B20 (20% biodiesel + 80% According to the U.S. Department of Energy, " [h]ighway vehicles release about 1.7 billion tons (1.5 billion metric tons) of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere each year — mostly in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2) — contributing to global climate change. Each gallon of gasoline you burn creates 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of GHG. A car getting 59.4 miles per gallon (the standard for new cars in 2026) will emit about 0.33 pounds of CO 2 per mile from burning motor fuel. Producing and distributing the fuel also creates greenhouse gases. The continued global rise in sales of SUVs pushed their climate-heating emissions to almost 1bn tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency. and diesel cars Over short to medium distances, walking or cycling are nearly always the lowest carbon way to travel. While they’re not in the chart, the carbon footprint of cycling one kilometer is usually in the range of 16 to 50 grams CO 2 eq per km depending on how efficiently you cycle and what you eat. 3. Using a bike instead of a car for short trips An electric bus charged there produces about 350 grams carbon dioxide equivalents (CO 2 e) per mile, while the average gasoline car/SUV in the US is responsible for 500 grams CO 2 e per mile.** Other grid regions (California, Alaska, New England, and the Pacific Northwest) aren’t too far off at about 650 grams CO 2 e per mile, without even Source: Tesla car battery production releases as much CO 2 as 8 years of gasoline driving: For every kilowatt hour of storage capacity in the battery generated emissions of 150 to 200 kilos of carbon dioxide already in the factory. (Original Greenpeace link (in German)) Let's say you are driving a car with 8 L / 100 km. Gas-powered cars produce almost three times as many pounds of well-to-wheel emissions as all-electric vehicles. But all-electric vehicles still produce 3,932 pounds [1] of emissions in an average year. Emissions from plug-in hybrid and hybrid vehicles (which use both gasoline and electricity) produce about 2,000 pounds more in emissions than KvVgYWo.