Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat islands . Electric vehicles emit 1.7C of the heat of conventional cars . Team calculated what would happen in Beijing- and found a only about a fifth drop .
Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat islands . Electric vehicles emit only about a fifth of the heat of conventional cars . Team calculated what would happen in Beijing- and found a 1.7C drop .