TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey can keep away from as much as 362 hospital visits and save drivers almost $60 billion by transitioning to zero-emission electrical vehicles and light-duty vehicles, in response to a brand new report. The New Jersey Superior Clear Automobiles II Program report investigated the local weather, well being, and job advantages if the state was to undertake Superior Clear Automobiles II, a program which, by 2035, would require that each new automotive and light-duty truck bought in New Jersey be zero-emission. The report was ready by ERM and commissioned by NRDC (Pure Sources Protection Council) and the Sierra Membership.

The report outlined three eventualities for the state and found that if New Jersey was to undertake Superior Clear Automobiles II, by 2050, there could be:

• 175 to 358 prevented untimely deaths and 170 to 362 prevented hospital visits from respiratory polluted air,
• Price financial savings to New Jersey automobile homeowners of almost $60 billion,
• Annual electrical energy charge financial savings of as much as $174 for the typical New Jersey family and $728 for the typical business buyer,
• Reductions of as much as 243 million metric tons of greenhouse gasoline emissions, 81 thousand metric tons of NOx, and seven,200 metric tons of particulate matter,
• Annual automobile price financial savings for New Jersey automobile homeowners estimated at $4.4 billion,
• And cumulative internet societal advantages (the sum of public well being and local weather advantages, internet price financial savings for automobile homeowners, and internet utility prices from elevated electrical energy demand for electrical automobile charging) of as much as $97 billion.

“New Jersey has the chance to do far more to speed up the transition to zero-emission autos within the state and make sure that residents are inhaling fewer pollution,” stated Kathy Harris, Clear Automobiles and Fuels Advocate at NRDC (Pure Sources Protection Council). “The report findings clarify that adopting Superior Clear Automotive II guidelines would convey immense advantages—together with improved public well being and automobile proprietor financial savings— and put the state on a pathway that facilities local weather motion round clear air, well being, and affordability for all New Jerseyans.”

“This report exhibits what New Jersey stands to realize from adopting the Superior Clear Automobiles II rule. By lessening the burden of air air pollution on susceptible communities, this rule will save lives, slash local weather emissions from one among New Jersey’s dirtiest sectors, and ease the financial burden for households,” stated Anjuli Ramos-Busot, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Membership. “We urge New Jersey to maneuver ahead rapidly with the Superior Clear Automobiles II Program so as to promote public well being and handle the local weather disaster, whereas additionally positioning ourselves as a market chief in clear transportation throughout the nation.”

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Courtesy of NRDC.