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"Researchers from the University of Southern California have used real-world
satellite data to show that the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is having a
direct impact on air pollution levels, reducing levels of nitrogen dioxide
(NO₂), a major component of vehicle exhaust.
Despite the wildly fluctuating headwinds of American politics, more than 2.5
million EVs have been sold in California since 2010, according to the state’s
governor Gavin Newsom, who made the announcement last week at the World
Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
This “shattered” the state’s clean cars goal of 1.5 million “zero-emission
vehicles (ZEVs) on the road by 2025. Since the end of 2019, the cumulative sale
of new ZEVs in California has grown by over 300 per cent driven by the state’s
clean transportation policies and various incentives.
“While Washington now cedes the global clean vehicle market to China,
California is ensuring American workers and manufacturers can compete and win
in the industries that will define this century,” said Newsom, taking
undisguised aim at US president Donald Trump.
Beyond infuriating Donald Trump and paving the way to curb future climate
change, the uptake of EVs in California is starting to yield long sought-after
real-world environmental benefits, which have been demonstrated for the first
time using satellite data."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
