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EVs Are Sending Toxic Tire Particles into the Water, Soil, and Air (www.theatlantic.com)

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The dark side of range anxiety: Currently available EVs stateside are far heavier than they need to be for a 10-mile commute, causing more generation of particulates from tires than ICE vehicles.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They do in Australia. My 1.7 tonne station wagon costs a good deal more to insure than my wife's Kia Rio.

On the other hand, the fact we have to register each vehicle when we can only physically drive one at a time strongly discourages people owning two cars, so they end up with the bigger one in many cases even though most of the time a smaller car would be fine.