Yasunori Kikuchi

Exporting sustainability? Assessing the environmental trade-offs of secondhand electrified and conventional vehicle flows from Japan to the global south and beyond

As developed economies accelerate fleet renewal toward cleaner vehicle technologies, used-vehicle exports to the Global South are surging, yet their environmental consequences have not been systematically assessed. This study quantifies the net life-cycle climate impacts of Japan’s used-vehicle exports for four powertr...