EVs and AI could damage environment in ways both new and familiar

Industrial revolution offers lessons for today's technological development

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The spread of electric vehicles and artificial intelligence pose new environmental threats, especially to air quality. © Kyodo

SHOJI YANO

TOKYO -- As technologies like electric vehicles and artificial intelligence become widespread, research shows that they could lead to major environmental problems, harkening back to the industrial revolution and its aftermath of governments scrambling to undo the damage.

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