EVs And Health

Cleaner air can sound like a ‘nice-to-have’. EVs (Electric Vehicles) promise cleaner air, for many reasons” pollution is centralized and therefore easier to manage, less transportation of fuels across a distribute network, etc. Now, EVs have been around long enough and with great enough adoption that other systemic advantages have become apparent.

“A study published earlier this month in the journal Science of the Total Environment found that in California, every 20 zero-emissions vehicles per 1,000 people in a given zip code led to a 3.2 percent drop in the rate of emergency room visits due to asthma.” – Vox

And that’s just from asthma. Polluted air, water, sound, and soil have health impacts. In a country like the US, healthcare costs are having personal and macro-economic impacts. EVs are not a panacea, but they are actually doing more to reduce pollution and evidently health care costs.

Good news for the areas that can afford and sustain them.