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Pollution from Electric Cars?
February 17, 2012 | University of Tennessee Knoxville

“Electric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but findings from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers show that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful to health than gasoline vehicles.” Quoted from the NSF press release.


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