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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Interesting articles. EVs produce more particles from tire wear than gasoline engines produce in exhaust. Okay, but how do the particles from EVs compare to particles from cars with gasoline engines? I get 40K miles from my tires, if EVs produce 400 times the particles that must mean 400 times the wear and so they should last 400 times less or about 100 miles. I don't hear many people talking about changing their EV tires every 400 miles.
The article mentions "particulate matter (air pollution)" several times yet then goes on to say "the majority of particulate emissions released from the tire go directly into the soil and water, while exhaust negatively affects the air quality." It doesn't seem like air pollution if it doesn't go into the air.
So a tires to exhaust comparison? A soil and water pollution to air pollution comparison? An apples to oranges comparison?
The headline is impressive, the data... not so much (at least the way this article presented it).
It will be interesting to read the study.
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You forgot to mention the pollution from battery manufacturing and disposal after they die.
