Move to electric vehicles could save nearly 90,000 lives in US by 2050, study says

Move to electric vehicles could save nearly 90,000 lives in US by 2050, study says

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https://www.siliconvalley.com/2023/06/07/move-to-electric-vehicles-could-save-nearly-90000-lives-in-us-by-2050-study-says/

If gas guzzlers disappeared from US car lots by 2035 and were replaced by zero-emissions vehicles – essentially, electric cars, trucks and SUVs – the nation would see 89,300 fewer premature deaths by 2050, according to a new report from the American Lung Association. But the country would also have to move more toward clean noncombustion electricity – like wind, solar, hydro, geothermal and nuclear – to see the full health benefit.

The report, published Wednesday, says that people in the US would have 2.2 million fewer asthma attacks and 10.7 million fewer lost workdays, and the country would net $978 billion in public health benefits with the move to cleaner vehicles and a cleaner power supply.

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