Interesting article about another benefit of electric cars
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The report states that the transition to electric cars can have a big impact on the health of California's residents, "creating billions of dollars of annual economic benefits in the form of fewer missed work days and fewer hospital visits" namely:
• Savings of $8.3 billion in pollution-related health costs
• Prevention of 600 heart attacks and 880 premature deaths caused by air pollution
• Prevention of 38,000 asthma attacks and almost 75,000 lost work days
• Reduction of criteria pollutant emissions by almost 180,000 tons