Electric cars combat urban heat problem: study
Paris (AFP) March 19, 2015 - Electric vehicles are a useful tool for fighting sweaty city summers, according to a study published on Thursday. Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat island, it said. The term describes what happens when city temperatures are driven higher by heat from traffic and air conditioners and by warmth, stored during th ... more

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