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The study is about NOx levels which have nothing to do with tires or brakes.
by chupasaurus 8mo ago
The study is about NOx levels which have nothing to do with tires or brakes.
- swsieber 8mo agoI mean, it kind of is. But I'd say the framing is about general air pollution, and they happen to use NOx levels as proxy indicator. So from that perspective, I think it is important to note that there are other types of pollution that go up with electric cars.
- davidw 8mo agoOk, but tire pollution is still a problem: https://grist.org/transportation/electric-vehicles-are-a-climate-solution-with-a-pollution-problem-tire/ https://grist.org/transportation/electric-vehicles-are-a-cli... https://caltrout.org/news/did-you-know-your-cars-tires-could-be-harming-salmon/ https://caltrout.org/news/did-you-know-your-cars-tires-could...
- gruturo 8mo agoTrue. But there are 2 ways to read this: 1: Yes, let's stick with ICE cars and die of preventable illnesses because EVs are only a massive improvement, rather than absolute perfection 2: Hey let's take this massive improvement and enjoy enormously cleaner air I meet way too many people from group 1 unfortunately.
- davidw 8mo agoThat's exactly what I wrote: "it's a step up".