Electric cars can help with some of the problems but don't solve all of them.
In the case of brake dust specifically, presumably electric cars are worse because they're quite a bit heavier than ICE cars.
In the case of brake dust specifically, presumably electric cars are worse because they're quite a bit heavier than ICE cars.
This counts even for hybrids though. A friend of mine had to replace his brakes after over 10 years and 180,000km on his Prius for the first time. Not because the brake pads were used up, but because the brake rotors started to rust too much from not being used.
Of course if you're one of those people that floor it and hard brake at every stop light, this doesn't work, but for most cars it works really well.
Electric car use regenerative braking. Yes they're heavier but their brakes barely get used...
They only get used at very low speed to bring the vehicle to a stop (low energy), or in case of emergency braking.
I tried it a few times, thought it was a gimmick and now I just use gas or brake.
I might never replace the pads.