Despite attempts to increase the use of electric cars, new research suggests that even if there was a sharp increase in such vehicles by 2050, these efforts would not significantly bring down emissions.
Researchers from North Carolina State University ran 108 simulations through an energy systems model, and found that even if 42 percent of passenger vehicles in the U.S. were electric cars, which includes hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles, there would be little or no reduction in the emission of air pollutants.