7/ Agrofuel vehicles
Running on agrofuel is apparently the way to go! Often running on fuel made from a vegetable base (rapeseed oil, palm oil, beet alcohol or vegetable waste), such vehicles consume around 85 g of CO2/km.
6/ Intercity trains
With 43 g of CO2/km, intercity trains are lagging behind high speed long distance trains, such as France’s TGV.
5/ Electric cars
Electric cars have a long future ahead of them: they boast a consumption of 22 g of CO2/km.
4/ The TGV
France’s TGV is one of the big winners on this list. With an emission rate of 13g of CO2 to the kilometer, this High Speed Train (Train à Grande Vitesse) even surpasses the electric car.
3/ The electric bike
The electric bike has the wind in its sails with the last few years, but can’t rival it’s classic cousin without a motor.
2/ The bicycle
The bicycle, in its purest sense, remains the greenest mode of transport there is.
1/ Walking
If we can consider walking a means of transport (or rather a means of locomotion), walking is definitely the greenest! And we bet that you have all used it, at some time or other. Bravo!
