Electric cars are not the answer to air pollution, says top UK adviser

Prof Frank Kelly says fewer not cleaner vehicles are needed, plus more cycling and walking and better transit systems Cars must be driven out of cities to tackle the UK's air pollution crisis, not just replaced with electric vehicles, according to the UK government's top adviser.Prof Frank Kelly said that while electric vehicles produce no exhaust fumes, they still produce large amounts of tiny pollution particles from brake and tyre dust, for which the government already accepts there is no safe limit. Continue reading...