Would those not be covered by PM2.5? PM2.5 has also decreased in the Bay Area (removing the effects of the massive fires of the past decade). Particles from physical wear are many orders of magnitude larger than molecules.
Good news, EV and hybrids can do regenerative breaking that don't use friction to slow down. You can go a really long time and not touch the real breaks beside the 5mph to stopped
Yes, but they weigh more, so tire wear increases, non-linearly from my understanding.
The weight is all battery. It will come down, it already had in Asian nations where long range doesn't have the same marketing affect as it does in the USA. Americans thinking they need 1000 mile batteries and literal tank like chassis puts their cars at a massive efficiency disadvantage.
Yet they wear tires at least 20% faster which also pollutes
I hope so too.
I haven’t touched the brake pedal in months. Tyres would be interesting too monitor.
I hadn’t considered this side effect of engine breaking in electrics. But yeah, the cumulative impact is probably appreciable!
I recall hearing the excess weight makes up for regenerative breaking in added tire wear, but I'd love to see a formal study to back up whatever memory that got pulled from.
Shouldn't brake dust be down too due to regenerative braking?
EVs definitely chew through tires faster. On top of being heavier they also have massive amount of torque. Same happens if you have a sporty ice car and you like to gun it - you will be buying new tires every 30k miles