article_snippet: Electric vehicles are a useful tool for fighting sweaty city summers, according to a study published on Thursday.
article_snippet: Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat island, it said.
article_snippet: Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat island, researchers said.
article_snippet: Heatwaves kill, and in terms of climate change, even one degree can make a difference,' said Jianguo Liu of Michigan State University, who took part in the study.
article_snippet: The theoretical switch would also save the city 14.4 million Kilowatt-hours in electricity each day -- the daily equivalent of 10,686 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
article_snippet: The calculation took into account heat from the extra fossil fuel that would have had to be burned at local power plants to charge the electric cars.
article_snippet: The replacement can mitigate heat island intensity, which can reduce the amount of electricity consumed daily by air conditions, benefitting the local and global climate,' the study said.
article_snippet: The computer simulation focused only temperature change and energy savings.
highlights_snippet: Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat islands .
  