Factor record · lower-medium-plug-in-hybrid-electric-vehicle-km-scope-3-defra-2025last verified 2025-06-10 · DESNZ
0.00094
kgCO2e / km
Historical vintage · Current: DEFRA 2026Lower medium (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) — electricity T&D losses
Electricity
Vintage
Select unit
GHG Breakdown
CO₂
0.0009
kgCO2e/km
CH₄
0.0000
kgCO2e/km
N₂O
0.0000
kgCO2e/km
Record
- Identifier
- dPRJsMcTiNqO
- Activity
- Lower medium (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) — electricity T&D losses
- Category
- electricity
- Sub-category
- Cars (by market segment)
- Lifecycle stage
- Transmission and distribution (T&D) losses
- Region
- GBR · United Kingdom
- Value
- 0.00094 kgCO2e/km
- Scope
- Scope 3*
- Scope 3 category
- Category 3
- Methodology
- activity based
- GWP
- AR5 / GWP100
- Vintage year
- 2025
- Published
- 2025
- Source reference
- Factors by Category sheet, ID 14_300_3013_4_1
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Verified
- 2025-06-10 · DESNZ
Citation
DEFRA 2025, Lower medium (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) — electricity T&D losses, Factors by Category sheet, ID 14_300_3013_4_1
Methodology
Derived from direct physical activity measurements (litres, kilometres, kilograms). The most accurate approach where activity data exists.
Notes
* Scope 3 boundary · This is the Scope 3 Category 3 transmission-and-distribution loss component of EV charging, not the vehicle’s complete journey footprint. Use it alongside the matching Scope 2 UK electricity-for-EVs factor when the charging electricity is inside the reporting boundary; do not add it when grid losses are already included. Petrol or diesel combustion by a PHEV is not included.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle
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