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Global number of vehicles using HFO-1234yf refrigerant.

Author(s) : TADDONIO K.

Type of monograph: Report

Summary

This paper quantifies the number of vehicles utilizing HFO-1234yf (R1234yf) mobile air conditioning (MAC) systems throughout the world as of the end of 2022. HFO-1234yf is a low
global-warming-potential (GWP) alternative to HFC-134a. HFO-1234yf has a GWP of less than 1. Using vehicle sales and other industry data, this ground-up analysis reveals that close to 200 million vehicles using HFO-1234yf had been sold by the end of 2022. This includes 171 to 180 million in the United States (U.S.) and Europe alone, with additional sales elsewhere throughout the world. Evidence to date demonstrates that automobile manufacturers have mostly continued to use HFC-134a in markets where GWP<150 is not required or incentivized.1 Despite the gradual transition to HFO-1234yf in places like Europe and North America that require or incentivize refrigerants with GWP<150, most of the world’s new vehicles continued to use HFC-134a as of the end of 2022. This is due to ongoing sales of vehicles that use HFC-134a in China and other less-developed countries, including by U.S., European and Asian automobile manufacturers that have already transitioned to low-GWP alternatives for other markets.

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  • Original title: Global number of vehicles using HFO-1234yf refrigerant.
  • Record ID : 30032851
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Figures, economy
  • Publication: IGSD (Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development) - - United states
  • Publication date: 2021

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