People spend the most of their time in vehicles today due to traffic congestions, occupational reasons and travelling. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are constantly emitted from the vehicle cabin materials such as plastic, glass, sealants, foam, and upholstery. Considering the cabins are smaller environments in comparison to other indoor spaces, the emission density would be higher in contrast. Therefore, it is essential to measure these emissions to better understand their health effects.

In the last decade, the market share of electric vehicles (EV) has been increasing dramatically due to environmental response and advancement in the proprietary technology. Since EVs work without a combustion engine, the VOC emissions related to exhaust inside the cabin are expected to be reduced significantly. However, cabin material emissions are still present without the background noise of exhaust emissions. Meanwhile, most of the published studies focused on the exhaust emissions in the cabin and lack to address how the transient emissions occur, and in which events, such as ventilation and temperature changes, the emissions are affected. These gaps are due to the low time resolution and instrumental sensitivity.