California’s electric cars are leading to improvements in air quality and health outcomes.

During his State of the Union address this week, President Joe Biden highlighted tax credits for EVs as a key plank in his strategy to corral climate change. Transportation is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, and electrifying cars and trucks is a key step in reducing their impact on the planet’s temperature. But switching from hydrocarbons to electrons has immediate benefits for the environment too, which in turn can improve public health.

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