Study: Heavier electric vehicles Release More Toxic Emissions through tire wear particles than Gas-Powered Cars

Maybe, EVs are not as environmentally friendly as advertised and promoted!

Perhaps, EVs are the future when fossil fuels run out or fossil fuels can not be replaced by synthetic fuels, but they are not as clean as claimed! What about e.g. manufacturing all these batteries etc. etc.

"... Emission Analytics found in its 2022 study that brakes and tires on electric vehicles release 1,850 times more particle pollution than tailpipes on gas-powered vehicles, which are considered to have “efficient” exhaust filters. ...

Most most pollution from vehicles today reportedly comes from tire wear, as most of them are made from petroleum, crude oil, and other harmful elements, which generates particle pollution and releases harmful chemicals into the air as the tires wear down, Emission Analytics said.

Notably, electric vehicles are on average 30 percent heavier than gas-powered vehicles, so the brakes and tires on EVs wear out much faster. This problem is made worse by the heavy batteries in Tesla EVs, which will only get worse as larger electric trucks are introduced into the market. ..."

Study: EVs Release More Toxic Emissions and Are Worse for the Environment than Gas-Powered Cars Electric vehicles including EVs produced by Elon Musk’s Tesla release more toxic emissions into the atmosphere and are worse for the environment than gas-powered vehicles, a resurfaced study from 2022 revealed.

Gaining traction, losing tread Pollution from tire wear now 1,850 times worse than exhaust emissions