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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5853730" data-attributes="member: 12952">Who knew ?[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13155147/ev-pollution-worse-exhaust-emissions-study.html[/URL]<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">EVs weigh 30 percent more than gas cars, causing tires to wear out faster</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The tire tread releases toxic particles 400 times greater than exhaust emissions</li>
</ul>The study, which was published in 2022 but has begun circulating again <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-cars-emit-more-soot-california-ban-gas-powered-vehicles-521b29e3" target="_blank">after being cited in a WSJ op-ed</a>,&nbsp; found that brakes and tires release 1,850 times more particulate matter compared to modern tailpipes which have filters that reduce emissions.The <a href="https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/gaining-traction-losing-tread" target="_blank">study,</a> conducted by the firm Emissions Analytics, said the main difference between tailpipe and tire emissions is that the majority of particulate emissions released from the tire go directly into the soil and water, while exhaust negatively affects the air quality</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5853730, member: 12952"] Who knew ? [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13155147/ev-pollution-worse-exhaust-emissions-study.html[/URL] [LIST] [*][B]EVs weigh 30 percent more than gas cars, causing tires to wear out faster[/B] [*][B]The tire tread releases toxic particles 400 times greater than exhaust emissions[/B] [/LIST] The study, which was published in 2022 but has begun circulating again [URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/electric-cars-emit-more-soot-california-ban-gas-powered-vehicles-521b29e3']after being cited in a WSJ op-ed[/URL], found that brakes and tires release 1,850 times more particulate matter compared to modern tailpipes which have filters that reduce emissions. The [URL='https://www.emissionsanalytics.com/news/gaining-traction-losing-tread']study,[/URL] conducted by the firm Emissions Analytics, said the main difference between tailpipe and tire emissions is that the majority of particulate emissions released from the tire go directly into the soil and water, while exhaust negatively affects the air quality [/QUOTE]

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