Originally Posted by Neilda
It's odd that nobody seemed to worry about emissions too much until EV's appeared, but everyone is now poring over carbon emissions. However, I feel sure that EV's are helping to reduce local emissions in our towns and cities given their zero emissions.

Nobody is buying EV's to save newts (it's just a car), but for those bothered by facts, there are studies that show lifetime emissions are considerably lower:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032122000867

Also worth noting that a Tesla M3 is about the same weight (lighter than some model variants) than a 3 series BMW. They're not causing pot holes, nor are there clouds of tyre dust (tyres last longer) or brake dust (brakes are rarely used) and LFP batteries don't use cobalt so no children died.... now what are the other myths?!



The next hurdle for cars will be the growing case of evidence that tyres and their resultant pollutants are creating a significant problem from the airborne particles they create especially in inner cities and when they enter the water systems.

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