More electric vehicles could prevent deaths, generate $36B in benefits in N.J., report says

An electric car charges in a driveway in Jersey City. An American Lung Association report called on more government policy changes and financial incentives to hurry electric car deployment which the association says could save almost 4,000 lives by 2050.

New Jersey could avoid 3,290 deaths and generate $36 billion in public health benefits by transitioning to electric vehicles by 2050, according to a report by the American Lung Association.

The report, "Driving to Clean Air: Health Benefits of Zero-Emission Cars and Electricity," was released Wednesday and is based on data and modeling from two previous Lung Association reports about electric trucks and the 2023 "State of the Air."

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