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1) EVs are not significantly heavier https://thedriven.io/2024/05/03/are-evs-really-much-heavier-than-their-ice-equivalents/ https://thedriven.io/2024/05/03/are

1) EVs are not significantly heavier https://thedriven.io/2024/05/03/are-evs-really-much-heavier-than-their-ice-equivalents/ https://thedriven.io/2024/05/03/are-evs-really-much-heavier-... 2) One must also factor in the vast surface fleet that moves Gas and crude oil around : https://www.americangeosciences.org/geoscience-currents/transportation-oil-gas-and-refined-products https://www.americangeosciences.org/geoscience-currents/tran... 3) Tyre manufacturers have taken notice and are working on this problem.

maeil 2y ago
1/2: Great points, thank you for educating me on this and renders my point largely moot, at least when compared to ICEs 3: I'm incredibly skeptical. We've heard this from every industry with enormous negative externalities. Clean coal and all that jazz. Green steel. Recyclable plastics. Non-carcinogenic coatings. Until we actually have tires that produce multiple times less break dust, EVs are still horrific compared to non-bus public transit from an environmental perspective.
olyjohn 2y ago
This guy is cherry picking his stats, example here is the GV70 from Wikipedia: *1,820–1,985 kg (4,012–4,376 lb) (2.5T) *1,975–2,010 kg (4,354–4,431 lb) (3.5T) *1,860–2,010 kg (4,101–4,431 lb) (2.2D) *2,230–2,310 kg (4,916–5,093 lb) (EV) He compared it against the heaviest ICE car, which is a fucking diesel. It still weighs 750+lbs more than that. Sorry to say but that is a significant weight difference. For perspective, the GV70 is almost as heavy as a 4wd crew cab Chevrolet Silverado pickup. The difference between the GV70 EV and the Silverado is less than the difference between the diesel and EV GV70s.