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> It turns out that BEVs (battery electric vehicles) reduce the amount of brake dust by 83%, according to a new analysis by EIT Urban Mobility (a body of the Eu
by merek 1y ago
> It turns out that BEVs (battery electric vehicles) reduce the amount of brake dust by 83%, according to a new analysis by EIT Urban Mobility (a body of the European Union) and Transport for London. The study looked primarily at London, Milan and Barcelona.
> The primary reason for this is the use of regenerative braking, meaning that electric vehicles can slow down without rubbing friction brakes. Other vehicles that use regenerative braking reduced brake emissions too, with Hybrids reducing them by 10-48%, and PHEVs by 66%.
Technically not cleaning the air as the title says, but still a major improvement.
- jbverschoor 1y agoCars clean the air because the AC filters capture particles
- aziaziazi 1y agoI clean the air because my lungs capture car particles.
- silon42 1y agoThat's why I have an e-bike, so I breathe less when cycling/commuting into the city.
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- aziaziazi 1y agoThere was a study [0] in Paris that demonstrates a signifiant positive benefit/risk ration of bicycling even in polluted air: the effect on physical and psychic health benefits largely outweighs (sometimes to x30) the risk of accidents and pollution disease. [0] (2012, french) https://www.ors-idf.org/nos-travaux/publications/les-benefices-et-les-risques-de-la-pratique-du-velo.html https://www.ors-idf.org/nos-travaux/publications/les-benefic...
- Tade0 1y agoMy city attempts to promote cycling, but hasn't bothered to first take care of the problem with people heating their homes with solid fuels like coal dust and whatnot. It's frustrating, because cycling during the heating season is not only unpleasant, but also unhealthy.
- tsoukase 1y agoTechnically we all disinfect the water through our kidneys too
- RhysU 1y agoExcluding those recently punched hard in the kidneys.
- HPsquared 1y agoSome diesel engines can clean the air, but only if the air coming in is very polluted. They'll catch and burn particulates, and they'll chemically scrub NOx. This only applies if the air outside is very polluted, though
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y agoOnce again hybrids capture most of the benefit of electricity, and slide silently under the radar :(