Originally Posted by TheCustomer
"air pollution"
Clearly never a good thing.

& you might have noticed that the article was about pollution in general, without naming sources.

Most folks' working presumption would be that internal combustion engines contribute most to that pollution.

it's not

& there's plenty of research around suggesting that the brakes and tyres on heavier EV cars produce more toxic pollutants than even diesel exhausts
https://gprivate.com/6gae3

So that would be an argument to drive the lightest possible petrol cars :-)

Will

That's probably an argument against heavy cars, whatever their power source (regenerative braking argument noted).


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