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Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region
China is implementing intensive policies on electric vehicles to control air pollution in urban regions, especially the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region, one of the most polluted areas in China. The development of electric vehicles will lead to an increase in electricity demand. Because electricit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33450944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020623 |
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author | Ma, Chenen Madaniyazi, Lina Xie, Yang |
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description | China is implementing intensive policies on electric vehicles to control air pollution in urban regions, especially the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region, one of the most polluted areas in China. The development of electric vehicles will lead to an increase in electricity demand. Because electricity is mostly generated by thermal power in China, primary energy consumption will also increase. This study sets two scenarios: with the electric vehicle policies scenario (REN) and without the electric vehicle policies scenario (FOS) to compare electric vehicle policy’s impact. We quantified the health benefits of the electric vehicle policies in the BTH region by using an integrated assessment framework. Compared with scenario FOS, the local PM(2.5) emission will reduce by 11.38%, 15.12%, 22.27%, and the concentration will reduce by 18.84%, 20.04%, and 19.57% in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei separately by 2030 in REN. The electric vehicle policies can avoid 23.5 million morbidities and 4.6 thousand mortalities and save CNY 20.65 billion using the value of statistical life and 1.5 million work loss days in 2030 in REN. Our results show that electric vehicle policy can bring a remarkably positive benefit to public health and the economy. |
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spelling | pubmed-78283822021-01-25 Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region Ma, Chenen Madaniyazi, Lina Xie, Yang Int J Environ Res Public Health Article China is implementing intensive policies on electric vehicles to control air pollution in urban regions, especially the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei (BTH) region, one of the most polluted areas in China. The development of electric vehicles will lead to an increase in electricity demand. Because electricity is mostly generated by thermal power in China, primary energy consumption will also increase. This study sets two scenarios: with the electric vehicle policies scenario (REN) and without the electric vehicle policies scenario (FOS) to compare electric vehicle policy’s impact. We quantified the health benefits of the electric vehicle policies in the BTH region by using an integrated assessment framework. Compared with scenario FOS, the local PM(2.5) emission will reduce by 11.38%, 15.12%, 22.27%, and the concentration will reduce by 18.84%, 20.04%, and 19.57% in Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei separately by 2030 in REN. The electric vehicle policies can avoid 23.5 million morbidities and 4.6 thousand mortalities and save CNY 20.65 billion using the value of statistical life and 1.5 million work loss days in 2030 in REN. Our results show that electric vehicle policy can bring a remarkably positive benefit to public health and the economy. MDPI 2021-01-13 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7828382/ /pubmed/33450944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020623 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ma, Chenen Madaniyazi, Lina Xie, Yang Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region |
title | Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region |
title_full | Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region |
title_fullStr | Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region |
title_short | Impact of the Electric Vehicle Policies on Environment and Health in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region |
title_sort | impact of the electric vehicle policies on environment and health in the beijing–tianjin–hebei region |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7828382/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33450944 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18020623 |
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