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Transition to electric vehicles could create unwanted air pollution hotspots in China and India

Credit: Princeton University, Bumper DeJesus Electric vehicles are a cornerstone of the global energy transition, but a new Princeton University-led study finds that refining critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could create pollution hotspots near manufacturing sites. It has been proven that there is. Researchers focused on China and India and found that if these countries fully domesticated their…