{"id":230269,"date":"2026-01-31T21:14:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/new-study-reveals-surprising-side-effects-linked-to-driving-electric-vehicles-it-has-an-immediate-impact"},"modified":"2026-01-31T21:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T03:14:55","slug":"new-study-reveals-surprising-side-effects-linked-to-driving-electric-vehicles-it-has-an-immediate-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/new-study-reveals-surprising-side-effects-linked-to-driving-electric-vehicles-it-has-an-immediate-impact","title":{"rendered":"New study reveals surprising side effects linked to driving electric vehicles: \u2018It \u2026 has an immediate impact\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/new-study-reveals-surprising-side-effects-linked-to-driving-electric-vehicles-it-has-an-immediate-impact.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Next, the study\u2019s authors will examine whether more ZEVs are associated with fewer asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency room visits.<\/p>\n<p>Their work adds to the extensive research on whether EVs are better for the planet long-term than their gas-powered counterparts. Despite imperfections such as mining, the findings are clear on that front. The USC team is showing that when it comes to the air we breathe and public health, the benefits of EVs are undeniable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese findings show that cleaner air isn\u2019t just a theory\u2014it\u2019s already happening in communities across California,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/adoption-of-electric-vehicles-tied-to-real-world-reductions-in-air-pollution-study-finds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" data-rapid_p=\"9\">declared<\/a> Sandrah Eckel, the study\u2019s lead author.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next, the study\u2019s authors will examine whether more ZEVs are associated with fewer asthma-related hospitalizations and emergency room visits. Their work adds to the extensive research on whether EVs are better for the planet long-term than their gas-powered counterparts. Despite imperfections such as mining, the findings are clear on that front. The USC team is [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,17,1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-sustainability","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}