Rush to Electric Vehicles Is Worsening Air Pollution in China

Yale e360
By Yale Environment 360Jan 27, 2016, 12:21 pm66 pts
The push by the Chinese government and the country’s automakers to expand production of electric vehicles is actually worsening air pollution and carbon emissions because most of China’s electricity is still produced by coal-fired power plants, new studies show. Thanks to government incentives, production…

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