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light EVs are massive improvement https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/planet/are-electric-cars-a-truly-sustainable-solution/ https://www.polytechn

• Robotbeat 4y ago
  /comparable/ EVs are a massive improvement.
  • 11235813213455 4y ago
    if more than half PMs come from tires and dust, I'm not sure
• hedora 4y ago
  The emissions graph only considers particulates, so it's massively undercounting air pollution improvements from EVs.
  • 11235813213455 4y ago
    Do you have figures for this? it says: "non-exhaust par­ti­cles represent 59% of PM10 and 45% of PM2.5 emis­sions", so about half of fine particles are non-exhaust (brake, tires, road dust). If you also count the fabrication process, the batteries, the new infrastructures and electricity footprint, the additional weight (for the same size), it's possibly a small gain over thermic engines, but nothing super obvious