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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gianluca Mussetti, Edouard L. Davin, Jonas Schwaab, Juan A. Acero, Jordan Ivanchev, Vivek Kumar Singh, Luxi Jin, Sonia I. Seneviratne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.810342/full