4.2.2. Input Data

Table 4 presents the information sources used to provide data for the parameters of the Industry sector model.

Table 4. Transport‐sector data sources

Data (units)

Principal source(s)

Fleet composition in the base year (2017) and vehicle-import data to derive the fleet for the calibration year (2021) [vehicles]

Strategic Framework for Electric Mobility (Inter-American Development Bank, 2022); import statistics from IRF World Road Statistics Datawarehouse (International Road Federation, 2024)

Vehicle efficiency by technology [energy per km]

Strategic Framework for Electric Mobility (Inter-American Development Bank, 2022)

Annual distance travelled per technology [km per vehicle yr⁻¹]

Adapted from Plan Estratégico Nacional de Movilidad Eléctrica de la República Dominicana (INTRANT, 2020)

Share of total fuel consumption by technology [%]

Developing Jamaica’s Long-Term Strategy for Low-Emission and Climate-Resilient Development (Vivid Economics & World Bank, 2021); Jamaica’s Long-Term Climate-Change Strategy Recommendations (Vivid Economics & World Bank, 2021)

Ratio of public charging stations to electric vehicles [stations per EV]

Emerging Best Practices for Electric-Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (Hall & Lutsey, 2017)

Cost parameters (vehicle purchase, batteries, charging infrastructure, O&M) [USD or JMD]

Strategic Framework for Electric Mobility (Inter-American Development Bank, 2022)

Local health externalities of transport fuels [USD per litre or per ton pollutant]

Global Fossil-Fuel Subsidies Remain Large: An Update Based on Country-Level Estimates (Coady et al., IMF, 2019)

Transport-sector emission factors [t CO₂ per PJ or per litre]

IPCC 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse-Gas Inventories, vol. 2, chap. 2 “Stationary Combustion” (IPCC, 2006)