California air clears quickly as EVs cut NO2, study finds
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A USC-led study published in Lancet Planetary Health used high-resolution satellite data to measure NO2 in 1,692 California neighborhoods from 2019–2023, showing that every 200 zero-emission vehicles added coincided with a 1.1% drop in NO2; ZEV registrations rose from 2% to 5% of light-duty vehicles while neighborhoods adding gas-powered cars saw NO2 rise, underscoring the immediate health and air-quality benefits of EV adoption and prompting further research on asthma and hospitalizations.
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