EV utility is less than ICE cars, but far worse than commuter rail. Most of the pollution in the bay area is from car tires. So if they really want to clean that up, they need to switch to light rail and inter city express rail
Of course in the US building the above is often not affordable. We need to fix that problem, the more we can afford to build the more we will build and the faster we get away from the car only mindset.
FYI, newer wood stoves have a catalytic combustor and burn the gasses as they leave the wood box 2 or even three times. They are much, much more efficient and drastically less polluting (because all the particulates are burned instead of going out in the air)
They're law for all new installs in many, many places.
We've got 4 of these houses on our street, all built in the mid-50s with owners who are senior citizens now and probably could never afford to live in their current home if it weren't paid off and subject to Prop 13. Their yearly housing cost is $3000. Our monthly housing cost is $10K. They can't really afford to upgrade anything, but as soon as the house is sold, it's going to get a full gut remodel and probably a second story.
EVs tend to be heavier, so are harder on tyres.
https://ecology.wa.gov/blog/january-2023/saving-washington-s...
https://apnews.com/article/epa-tires-toxic-chemical-salmon-t...