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Health costs of transport-related illness account for as much as $3 billion in the Sydney-Newcastle-Wollongong area alone each year, according to the “Cleaner and Safer Roads for NSW” report, adding up to a $3,200 saving per vehicle if the switch was made to electric.The report, which has been co-authored by the EVC and Asthma Australia with assistance from Doctors for the Environment Australia, also recommends that with transport-related illnesses such as lung and respiratory disease resulting in 60 per cent more deaths than road accidents, these should be added to the NSW road toll.Approximately 650 people die in NSW each year from transport emissions-related illness, according to data from the Department of Environment and Conservation, and if these numbers were included in road toll numbers, funding to reduce those deaths could be better directed, says Electric Vehicle Council CEO Behyad Jafari.

https://thedriven.io/2019/07/01/electric-cars-can-save-thousands-in-health-costs-evc-report-says/