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I live on the second floor near a road and my balcony furniture is always covered in black gunk.
by bobsmooth 2y ago
I live on the second floor near a road and my balcony furniture is always covered in black gunk.
- caycep 2y agoThere was that whole study with some additive in tire compounds, killing whole rivers of salmon until they figured out what it was
- Scoundreller 2y agoEVs can be pretty bad for tire wear, not just due to vehicle weight, but the amount of torque available (and consistently available) that leaves most ICE vehicles in the dust. Depends on driving style of course
- aaron_m04 2y agoIf you have an EV and you care about health and the environment, use regenerative braking as much as humanly possible. Hint: driving fast or tailgating both increase the odds you'll have to use the friction brakes.
- michaelbuckbee 2y agoI like how much the EV interfaces gamify using the regenerative braking to encourage its use: regen indicators, miles per kw per trip, etc.
- dehrmann 2y agoI always assumed EVs use regenerative braking as much as possible on their own.
- superjan 2y agoThey do. But if you brake too agressively, they switch to friction brakes. It pays off to avoid this: more mileage, marginally lower charging expense, lower cost on brake maintenance and fewer complaints from passengers.
- lightedman 2y ago"It pays off to avoid this: more mileage, marginally lower charging expense, lower cost on brake maintenance and fewer complaints from passengers." Regen braking wears the hell out of your battery. That few hundred you saved on brake changes just cost you a tens of thousands of dollars on a premature battery replacement.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoSource for your ridiculous claim?
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoI'm not sure why they think regenerative breaking is worse than any other charging modality.
- lightedman 2y agoIt's an added charge cycle on the battery. A guy in San Diego does full EIS and more for EV cells. His data shows multiple shorter recharge cycles wear the battery down faster, no matter what range you try restricting the recharging to. Same data shows that the batteries are better when conditioned harder on their first charge, gaining much better cycle performance and count, at a minimal sacrifice of capacity. And this exact same thing coincides DIRECTLY with my lithium-powered portable lighting, so I'm pretty up-to-date on very top-level research, because I hire this same person. His name is Luke. You'll see him all over the globe doing lithium EV research and testing.
- tbossanova 2y agoMost EVs will not use regenerative braking when the battery is over 80% which is where the damage mostly happens
- theoreticalmal 2y agoReally curious about this, since regen braking is Standard on all EVs
- dzhiurgis 2y agoMost don’t. Not all have heatpumps either. In fact anything outside Tesla is still garbage.
- mcv 2y agoNo experience with EVs, but Toyota hybrids use regenerative braking a lot. They also teach me to accelerate gently. Quite the opposite of Tesla with their "ludicrous mode" encouraging extreme acceleration. But I have no idea how well those brake.
- boznz 2y agoThis. I treat it as a failure if I have to brake. My original tires are still good after 3 years as well
- jgalt212 2y agoThe problem is that not all cars correctly illuminate the brake lights when regenerative braking is in effect.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoThis is why Tesla’s are best selling EVs. Only cynics and idiots buy anything else. Either way I am deeply sorry for them.
- tbossanova 2y agoThanks for your deep sorrow for this idiotic cynical nissan leaf owner. Love you too
- pragma_x 2y agoSame here. To be fair, we do have to put up with charging compatibility shenanigans. But that aside, I love this thing.
- dzhiurgis 2y agoLeaf would've been decent if not battery health issue and crazy charging port. Cleary Nissan doesn't want it so succeed. I nearly bought one as my spare EV for short trips nearby (they can be had for 1.5k NZD here). But minivan is just more useful for short trips, and doesn't break a bank either.
- Scoundreller 2y agosame problem on my manual transmission (and there aren't many of those left in north america)
- guenthert 2y agoI doubt that this is really the case (brake lights will be connected to brake pedal, regardless of mode). For motorcycles (not using regenerative braking, but engine braking which is quite effective there) this however is a problem. Every once in a while I woke a sleepy tailgater with that. Fortunately all sleepy tailgaters did wake up in time.
- WillPostForFood 2y agoThe comment you replied to mentioned EV tire wear, not brake dust. The heavy weight of EVs due to the batteries is always going to cause more tire pollution. E.g., Ford F-150 Ford Lightning has a curb weight of up to 6,500 lbs, which compares to the regular F-150's curb weight that ranges from anywhere between 4,021 lbs and 5,014 lbs. The Rivian R1T is 7,148 lbs.
- mcv 2y agoThat's more an argument against SUVs and heavy pickup trucks than against EVs, though.
- guenthert 2y agoWell yes, but even the Renault Zoe at 3,236lbs is much heavier than the Renault Clio (2,161–2,361lbs) it is based on. Heavier weight alone however doesn't necessarily cause more tire wear though. The Toyota Prius came with hard-compound tires (good for low fuel consumption and high mileage, not for racing).
- theoreticalmal 2y agoInteresting, my 2011 F150 is about 6200 pounds. Didn’t they switch to aluminum bodies in 2015 or so?
- pragma_x 2y agoFWIW, I took my EV in for a maintenance interval (waste of money BTW - this thing is indestructable), and the mechanic remarked that the brakes looked new. It's 1.5 years old, with factory brakes. Single-pedal mode does the rest. Not only does this make the car easier to drive, but you can hit a sweet spot where you never really use the brakes.
- legulere 2y agoAlso regenerative breaking exerts force which leads to particle emissions from the tires. Breaking earlier and slower also helps when you otherwise would have stayed in the range where you can break regeneratively.
- jiggawatts 2y agoSounds like emission standards need to be updated to include everything coming off a vehicle, not just out of the tail pipe. It would incentivise clean disk materials and regenerative braking.
- datavirtue 2y agoEmissions standards have been deleted. Finally. I'm convinced they were going to greatly increase the environmental issues. After having improved emissions for decades they had no where else to improve and started building really complex engines with extreme maintenance requirements and very low reliability compared to the late 1990s. Modern trucks are throw aways compared to mid-1990s Ford and late 1990s GM. Nissan went out of business and Toyota isn't much of a player for towing capacity and value. Stellantis products have been a joke for years except for maybe the Charger and Wrangler for a time. Lots of high dollar junk being foisted on consumers right now.
- jiggawatts 2y agoI don't quite understand... you're saying it's a good thing if car manufacturers are allowed to pollute as much as they want in a race to the bottom? You prefer reliability in your vehicles over your children's health? Could you clarify your position a bit?
- malfist 2y agoAre you sure the blame is with the EPA and not the desire for ever increasing profit margins? Seems cheaping out on quality parts is more likely to be the root of the issue than emissions standards.
- GrzegorzWidla 2y agoEURO 7 does include limits on breaks and tyre pollution.
- 93po 2y agodo you have an air filter with an ionizer by chance? those will also do that
- rbalicki 2y agoair filters will produce black gunk?
- winrid 2y agoIonizers can attract particles, but I would argue not to that extent...
- HPsquared 2y agoIonizers make small particles plate-out on surfaces instead of floating in the air. It makes the air itself cleaner to breathe etc, but I suppose it could make surfaces dirtier than they otherwise would be with these especially fine particles. Usually an air purifier with ionizer will have the ionization at the filter outlet, so only the very smallest particles are affected by this process.
- im3w1l 2y agoBut if the ionizer can make particles stick to surfaces, wouldn't that mean it can also make them stick to the lungs? Because, in that case it's not so clear it's a win is it?
- 93po 2y agothe particles stick via static electricity, which doesn't work well on wet surfaces like your lungs. the bigger issue is that ionizers can mix with VOCs from cleaning products and generate ozone and formaldehyde as byproducts - i suspect this combination made me really sick at one point because im allergic to formaldehyde
- xolox 2y agoThe particles affected by the ionizer are already floating in the air that is being inhaled into the lungs. For the sake of this discussion (i.e. disregarding accidental generation of ozone), wouldn't it be better if those particles are taken out of the air, stuck to surfaces, so they're no longer being inhaled?