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My long term plan is to have a solar array dedicated to charging my future electric truck, since panels and inverters are near cheap as dirt now on Alibaba. ed

My long term plan is to have a solar array dedicated to charging my future electric truck, since panels and inverters are near cheap as dirt now on Alibaba. edit: \/ didn't know thanks, did a quick search - https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129809_tire-dust-is-pollution-and-this-invention-will-help-vehicles-clean-up-as-they-go https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1129809_tire-dust-is-po... is something like this available? Also it won't help as I am a person that needs a truck. I transport shit all the time. I'm constantly trucking stuff - I'm not one of those show-offs that own a truck just because.

mrpopo 5y ago
Electric cars don't solve the problem of particulate matter, in fact if you buy an electric truck, it may make the problem worse because of the weight (wear on the tires is one of the biggest sources of particulate emissions).
- londons_explore 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure that with sufficient R&D we could invent better tyres that either didn't wear much or were made of less damaging materials. Just nobody is putting money into it.
  - kec 5y ago
    Tires are a multibillion dollar industry, why would you think no one is putting money into R&D for it?
    - londons_explore 5y ago
      Tyres that didn't wear wouldn't need replacing... Thats why lightbulb companies famously stopped making bulbs last longer. A good chunk of wear can be eliminated by ensuring tyres never skid by having per wheel torque control, which future 4-motor EV's will have 'for free'.
      - kec 5y ago
        The Phoebus cartel only worked because it was a cartel… and it only worked until it didn’t. Again, why would you think no one is putting money into this rather than it’s simply a hard or unsolvable problem? What material would you suggest to be hard wearing yet pliable enough for good grip and comfort?
        eurasiantiger 5y ago
        Imagine a world that wasn’t built on the profit margins of petroleum refinement. No tires, no plastics, no bitumen; defaulting to some other mode of transport, not a state-subsidised automobile cult.
        inglor_cz 5y ago
        Another mode of transport will still be state-subsidised. That is what states do since Antiquity. Already the Romans invested huge money into ports and their famous road network. Criticizing cars is fine, but "state-subsidized" is just superfluous there. This is not somehow unique to cars.
      - sokoloff 5y ago
        Inherent in creating force between the tire and road surface is micro-slippage. What humans see as skidding/slipping is only the gross slippage. Every time you turn, slow, or accelerate, the tires deform internally and slip against the road surface (and wear).
- pkulak 5y ago
  I think brake dust is even worse than tires, and EVs rarely use friction brakes.

mrpopo 5y ago

Electric cars don't solve the problem of particulate matter, in fact if you buy an electric truck, it may make the problem worse because of the weight (wear on the tires is one of the biggest sources of particulate emissions).

londons_explore 5y ago
I'm pretty sure that with sufficient R&D we could invent better tyres that either didn't wear much or were made of less damaging materials. Just nobody is putting money into it.
- kec 5y ago
  Tires are a multibillion dollar industry, why would you think no one is putting money into R&D for it?
  - londons_explore 5y ago
    Tyres that didn't wear wouldn't need replacing... Thats why lightbulb companies famously stopped making bulbs last longer. A good chunk of wear can be eliminated by ensuring tyres never skid by having per wheel torque control, which future 4-motor EV's will have 'for free'.
    - kec 5y ago
      The Phoebus cartel only worked because it was a cartel… and it only worked until it didn’t. Again, why would you think no one is putting money into this rather than it’s simply a hard or unsolvable problem? What material would you suggest to be hard wearing yet pliable enough for good grip and comfort?
      - eurasiantiger 5y ago
        Imagine a world that wasn’t built on the profit margins of petroleum refinement. No tires, no plastics, no bitumen; defaulting to some other mode of transport, not a state-subsidised automobile cult.
        inglor_cz 5y ago
        Another mode of transport will still be state-subsidised. That is what states do since Antiquity. Already the Romans invested huge money into ports and their famous road network. Criticizing cars is fine, but "state-subsidized" is just superfluous there. This is not somehow unique to cars.
    - sokoloff 5y ago
      Inherent in creating force between the tire and road surface is micro-slippage. What humans see as skidding/slipping is only the gross slippage. Every time you turn, slow, or accelerate, the tires deform internally and slip against the road surface (and wear).
pkulak 5y ago
I think brake dust is even worse than tires, and EVs rarely use friction brakes.