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URBAN ENERGY SCENARIOS

Cleaning cars, grid and air

Integrated urban energy–economy–climate scenarios can be built upon bottom-up models that simulate realistic system interactions. One such model for New York shows how electrification of the vehicle fleet and grid decarbonization can reduce carbon emissions and pollution.

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Smith, S.J. Cleaning cars, grid and air. Nat Energy 6, 19–20 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-00769-3

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