Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco's carbon footprint
A free electric car charging station being used in San Francisco in 2020 The increasing popularity of electric vehicles has contributed to an almost 2 per cent annual decrease in carbon emissions for the San Francisco Bay Area. Ronald Cohen from the University of California, Berkeley, attributed this decrease to both electric vehicles and more fuel-efficient cars. Cohen and his colleagues calculated the emissions impact of electric cars in the Bay Area based on their analysis.
Published : a month ago by kowatek in Environment
The growing popularity of electric vehicles has helped drive an almost 2 per cent annual decrease in carbon emissions for the San Francisco Bay Area in recent years.
“Really, it’s both electric vehicles and more fuel-efficient cars,” says Ronald Cohen at the University of California, Berkeley. “There have been some efficiency gains in the gasoline-powered fleet, and not just the hybrid-electric ones.”
Cohen and his colleagues calculated the emissions impact of electric cars in the Bay Area by…
Topics: Climate Change, ESG