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ArticleThe Lancet. Planetary health2026

Zero-emissions vehicle adoption and satellite-measured NO

Sandrah P Eckel, Futu Chen, Sam J Silva, Daniel L Goldberg, Jill Johnston, Lawrence A Palinkas, Alberto Campos, Wilma Franco, Erika Garcia

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Article in The Lancet. Planetary health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sandrah P EckelDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: eckel@usc.edu.
Futu ChenDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sam J SilvaDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Earth Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Daniel L GoldbergDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Jill JohnstonDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Lawrence A PalinkasHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
Alberto CamposSoutheast Los Angeles Collaborative, Bell Gardens, CA, USA.
Wilma FrancoSoutheast Los Angeles Collaborative, Bell Gardens, CA, USA.
Erika GarciaDepartment of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES007048 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI ROB S MCCONNELL · 1996 to 2026
$46.4M
Electric Vehicle Adoption in California: Predictors, Impacts on Local Air Quality and Respiratory Health, and InequitiesR01ES035137 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Erika Garcia · 2023 to 2026
$1.8M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES007048NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES035137
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundElectrifying the transportation sector is a key climate-change mitigation strategy. Reductions in exhaust emissions have anticipated air quality co-benefits; yet, evidence is primarily based on projections. Using observed data in California, USA, we aimed to investigate whether reductions in exhaust emissions from the transition to zero-emissions vehicles (ZEVs: battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell) were detectable using Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI) satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO

methodsIn this longitudinal observational study, we combined data from 2019 to 2023 on annual light-duty ZEV registrations in 1692 California ZIP code tabulation areas (ZCTAs; cross-walked from ZIP codes) with annual mean TROPOMI-measured NO

findingsThe median within-ZCTA increase in ZEVs from 2019 to 2023 was 272 (IQR 18 to 839). A within-ZCTA increase of 200 ZEVs was associated with a 1·10% (95% CI -1·19 to -1·00) decrease in annual average NO

interpretationUsing a natural experiment, we found that within-ZCTA increases in ZEV registrations were associated with reductions in NO

fundingNational Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Atmospheric Composition Modeling and Analysis Program.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionEnvironmental MonitoringNitrogen DioxideVehicle EmissionsCaliforniaLongitudinal StudiesAir PollutantsNitrogen DioxideVehicle Emissions

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PMID41581515
PMCPMC12928720

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