Electric Vehicles: A Climate Solution with a Pollution Challenge

Recently, a study, published in Soft Matter, a journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry (United Kingdom), has shown that electric vehicles (EVs), on account of their greater weight, experience higher wear and tear in their tyres compared to conventional vehicles, and release substantially larger numbers of small plastic particles in the atmosphere.

What is the concern regarding EVs tyres?

  • Electric vehicles (EVs) have been globally hailed as a crucial solution in the fight against climate change, especially for their ability to eliminate tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions.
  • However, EVs come with a lesser-known downside — the generation of tyre ....
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