Vehicle Electrification: Coordinating Transportation and Power Sector Policies to Maximize Air Quality Benefits

This policy brief looks at the likely electricity demand from projections of personal electric vehicle uptake in the United States, and then suggests power sector policies to ensure reductions in air pollution from this sector even while demand increases from transportation.

For more on the underlying modeling for this paper, see “Emissions Benefits of Electric Vehicles: Influencing Electricity Generation Choices."

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