The more than 360 million SUVs on the world’s roads last year resulted in combustion-related CO2 emissions of 1 billion tons, up by about 100 million tons from 2022. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/GettyThe love for ever-larger cars accounted for more than a quarter of the annual global demand growth for oil and 20 per cent of the added energy-related CO2 emissions, according to the International Energy Agency.
“If SUVs were a country, they would be the world’s fifth-largest emitter of CO2” after China, the US, India and Russia, the IEA said. “Over the course of 2022 and 2023, global oil consumption directly related to SUVs rose by a total of over 600,000 barrels per day, accounting for more than a quarter of the overall annual growth in oil demand.”
“The large, heavy passenger vehicles were responsible for over 20 per cent of the growth in global energy-related CO2 emissions last year,” the report added.While only a tiny 5 per cent of the SUVs on the road are electric, their share in the segment is growing. Globally, about 45 per cent of electric cars are SUVs, a number that jumps to 55 per cent in advanced economies.
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