Environmental impact

News and information about the environmental impact of the deployment and adoption of electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles in Canada, including the impact of greenhouse gas emissions and particulate pollution from tailpipe exhaust.

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National drop in vehicle-related pollution provides glimpse of an electrified future

With less traffic due to COVID-19 shutdowns, the air in Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver and other urban centres is clearer — and much healthier. In the longer-term, replacing normal vehicle volumes with EVs would have the same life-saving effect

Luke Sarabia

Apr 9, 2020

4 minute read

Better braking: another way EVs clear the air

While saving energy, regenerative braking systems in electric vehicles have a second advantage — unlike conventional friction brakes, they don’t give off harmful airborne particles

Peter Vella

Sep 11, 2019

5 minute read