China’s EV shift cut pollution enough to prevent 262,000 deaths (opens in new tab)  🔬Natural science  Content type: News

China’s rapid switch to electric and other new energy vehicles cut urban air pollution enough to prevent an estimated 262,000 premature deaths, according to a new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Health. It’s some of the strongest real-world evidence yet that electrifying transportation delivers measurable public-health benefits, not just lower tailpipe emissions on paper. more…