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Electric cars do most their braking using regenerative braking which produces zero particles.
by jupp0r 3y ago
Electric cars do most their braking using regenerative braking which produces zero particles.
- tjoff 3y ago... road and tire particles ...
- jupp0r 3y agoCare to elaborate why you ignore the fact that electric cars (even heavy ones) produce much less overall particulate pollution than combustion engine cars and why you focus instead on a narrow category where they are worse? My point still stands.
- kehrin 3y agoThis is not about ICE vs EV, this is about big vs small. Opulent vs necessary. Like the mayor is quoted saying in the article: It's about "very expensive cars, driven by people who today have not yet made the changes to their behaviour that have to be made". Heavy cars pollute more with their tires and brakes. That is why even heavy electric cars are affected.
- jupp0r 3y agoSorry I don't get it. Heavy EVs pollute less than compact ICE vehicles. This is about the weight (and maybe price?) of cars, not about pollution. Maybe it's about cultural hatred of SUVs?
- enragedcacti 3y agoRegenerative braking does create tire particles
- jupp0r 3y agoWhich is less than cars without regenerative braking, which produce particles from brake pad and rotor wear on top of similar tire wear.