Do Electric Vehicles Mitigate Urban Heat? The Case of a Tropical City
On top of their well known positive impact on air quality and CO2 emissions, electric vehicles generate less exhaust heat compared to traditional vehicles thanks to their high engine efficiency. As such, electric vehicles have the potential to mitigate the excessive heat in urban areas—a problem whi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-02-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.810342/full |