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The Hidden Cost of Electric Vehicles

Although electric vehicles show higher non-climate damages than many other technologies, they will not be significantly cleaner than cars powered by fossil fuels until they rely less on electricity produced from coal-fired power plants, according to new research from the National Research Council, reports Reuters . Despite the finding, Japanese automaker Honda is considering a move into the electric vehicle market in the U.S., Europe and Japan.

Jared Cohon, the chair of the National Research Council report told Reuters that the power fuel mix has to move away from coal, or clean coal technologies must be developed for electric vehicles to become a major green alternative.

According to the study, Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use, about half of U.S. power is generated by coal-fired power plants, which emits ...

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