Electric Vehicles

RE: low rolling resistance tires: not so sure about that. My little BEV has those tires and they wear faster. Part of it is the high torque of my car combined with the stiffer tire material means way more tire spin outs even when just driving casually.

The extra weight of the battery even in my tiny car means more tire wear as well. So even if I get 100,000km from the brake pads I am using a lot more tire than previous ICE cars. I'm pretty conscious about that being the primary active pollutant from my travel.

More BS being pushed by the far right and entrenched i.c.e. interests.

It's perfectly possible to be wary of this on a general anti-car basis, which is neither a far right nor a pro-ICE position.

They never seem to admit that the low rolling resistance ties that are standard on most, if not all EVs, produce less particulate pollution than normal tires on an ice vehicle.

Do you have any numbers I can see on this claim? I'm interested to see.

Eta: also I rarely see anyone talking about EVs and tire particulate pollution bring up brake particulate pollution.

I'd also be interested in the numbers on this factor.

To be clear - I think all ICE vehicles should be taken off the road, I just think that the general number of vehicles on the road should decline by a massive factor, to be replaced by superior alternatives in bicycles and trains.

I’ve been warning people about cadmium poisoning caused by tire pollution for 20 years, and learned about it because of tire usage in children's playgrounds and alternative building projects.

Microplastic accumulation is largely due to tires.

It's not some political shit. It’s chemistry and biology.

Public transit and other ways to reduce tire usage are required to reduce the risks.

I'm not entirely sure the consideration of tires as a pollutant is necessarily a right wing argument. It may be coming from the angle of public transit and distaste for cars.