materials Article The Comparative Assessment of Effects on the Power System and Environment of Selected Electric Transport Means in Poland Katarzyna Markowska 1,Józef Flizikowski 2, Kazimierz Bieli ´nski 3 , Andrzej Tomporowski 2 , Weronika Kruszelnicka 2, Robert Kasner 2, Patrycja Bałdowska-Witos 2,* and Łukasz Mazur 3 1 Department of Logistics and Transport Technologies, Faculty of Transport and Aviation Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 40-019 Katowice, Poland;
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[email protected] Abstract: Currently, electric vehicles are a rapidly growing alternative to those with combustion engines and can contribute to reduction of CO2 emissions in the transport sector, especially when the energy to power electric motors is predominantly derived from renewable sources. Until now, the Citation: Markowska, K.; comparison of environmental impact and influence of electric transport means on the power systems Flizikowski, J.; Bieli´nski,K.; was not fully addressed in the case of Poland. The purpose of the study is to describe, analyse Tomporowski, A.; Kruszelnicka, W.; and assess electric vehicles (EV) operation against performance indicators in Poland, especially the Kasner, R.; Bałdowska-Witos, P.; influence of electric transport means (ETM) (electric cars, trams, trolley buses and buses) on power Mazur, Ł.