Electric vehicles may mostly decrease pollution in richer, whiter neighborhoods, with less benefit for disadvantaged communities

Electric vehicles may mostly decrease pollution in richer, whiter neighborhoods, with less benefit for disadvantaged communities, per analysis of California's Clean Vehicle Rebate Project

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000183

Article Title: Emissions redistribution and environmental justice implications of California’s clean vehicle rebate project

Author Countries: USA

Funding: Funding was provided through the SURGE Research Fellowship, Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences (JMD). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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