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That all sounds wonderful, but don’t forget that brake dust accounts for even more pollution than tailpipe emissions in many locations. And as electric cars are heavier, they generate more brake dust than their combustion counterparts. I’m all for the switch to EVs, personally, but I think even then we’ve still got work to do.

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FunderPants@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
This brake dust problem is not true. Just another in a line of deceiving , sounds right but isn’t, attacks on EVs from the fossil fuel industry and their allies. forbes.com/…/electric-cars-are-as-green-as-you-th…

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- Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  There is the tire problem, but 🤷‍♂️ That’s more of a “Americans want to buy giant things” problem, and the battery designs that are seemingly just around the corner are lighter
  
  news.yahoo.com/nasa-incredible-solid-state-batter…
  
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  - snowe@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I mean… I drive my electric car like I stole it, which I wouldn’t really do with anything except a sports car. So the tire wear is definitely greater than if I did that in an ICE vehicle.
    
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- witten@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  TIL!! I was snookered. Thanks so much for sharing this.
  
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3laws@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Electric cars use their brakes humongously less than ICE ones.

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redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I imagine electric cars would generate less brake dust due to their use of regenerative braking.

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