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That was my first thought. Fewer brake particles is great, but I’m guessing it won’t be enough to counter the increased tire wear.
by D13Fd 1y ago
That was my first thought. Fewer brake particles is great, but I’m guessing it won’t be enough to counter the increased tire wear.
- janosch_123 1y agoNot sure about that. If you accelerate a 2t vehicle to 60mph and then decelerate it back to 0mph then they would stress the tyres in the same way, no matter if you do EV & regen, EV no-regen or ICE, right? (I am keeping the weight constant). Prompted by your comment I had a look at vehicle weights and two facts stood out - ALL new cars are getting heavier EVERY YEAR because we keep adding more stuff (average car weight, and average SUV weight trend upwards from 2016 to 2023) - The average electric car is heavier than a petrol equivalent but is lighter than an SUV Weight certainly a problem, but the focus on EVs for weight is generally blown out of proportion. https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-13588773/New-cars-400kg-heavier-seven-years-ago-EVs-SUVs.html https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-13588773/Ne... https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/weighty-issue-of-electric-cars https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/weighty-issue-of-e...