Switching from vehicles powered by fossil fuels to plug-in equivalents would ease a phenomenon called urban heat islands . The problem is that the city of Los Angeles has been using diesel generators for years, and now it wants to switch over to electric cars in order to reduce its carbon footprint. Team calculated what would happen in Beijing- and found a 1.7C 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 .