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University research @ CLIMAX
Electric Vehicle Adoption Impacts on Air Quality - Northwestern University
Objective/theme
Study finds improved air quality would avoid health and climate damages
Process & benefits
- EVs replaced 25% of combustion-engine cars currently on the road, the US would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution
- Vehicle electrification in the United States could prevent hundreds to thousands of premature deaths annually
- Reducing carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons
Url : https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/08/widespread-electric-vehicle-adoption-would-save-billions-of-dollars-thousands-of-lives/
Industry
- Transportation & logistics
Sustainability domain
- Energy storage
- Sustainable transport
Type of innovation
- Core sciences & engineering
Stakeholder type
- University researcher
Professions
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Relevant for
- Electrical engineer
- Electronics engineer
- Power electronics engineer
- Microelectronics engineer
- Material sciences professional
- Power engineer
- Industrial engineer
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Innovation sector
- Electrical engineering
- Electronics & communications
- Energy storage