yeah and tyre abbrasion correlates with weight, which given the current trend of “Same car but now EV = lots heavier” that one’s just gonna get worse, same for brakes. Pretty much just trading exhaust particles for more particulate dust from tyres and brakes
@showmustgo@Masimatutu I wonder if the tires edison invented that were made from golden rod would have been any better. it was more profitable to make tires how we’ve been doing it for 80 years.
Almost 80% of ocean micro plastics is just tires
yeah and tyre abbrasion correlates with weight, which given the current trend of “Same car but now EV = lots heavier” that one’s just gonna get worse, same for brakes. Pretty much just trading exhaust particles for more particulate dust from tyres and brakes
@showmustgo @Masimatutu
Great fact 👍
@showmustgo @Masimatutu I wonder if the tires edison invented that were made from golden rod would have been any better. it was more profitable to make tires how we’ve been doing it for 80 years.