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Originally Posted by OldDutch
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It also continues to be an environmental nightmare. That weight does a few things destroys roads, gives off massive break dust, and tire dust. Side points for the person who hits someone in a crosswalk at low speed and kills them instantly.
Its something many don’t factor in to their green posturing. That electric vehicles weigh more than gas and the electricity source isn’t always clean. They also are death bricks if they hit anything smaller.
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So let's break it down.
1) No environmental nightmare. EVs are better for the environment, as global warming is the biggest problem it faces and EVs are better in any scenario. They also create
less pollution, not more (
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...6041202031970X )
2) The use of regenerative braking leads to EVs contributing less large particle emissions than a comparable ICE vehicle (
https://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc...208?via%3Dihub )
3) At high speeds I can see vehicle weight playing a factor in collisions. The pedestrian example at low speeds? I'm not sure how that is relevant.
4) Even with pure coal electricity generation an EV is less polluting over it's life cycle than ICE
5) The tire thing is silly. Local air quality and it's health impacts are far better with EVs. Do EVs give off more tire dust? It looks like they do, albeit marginally. Remember, ICE gives off your dust too! That small increase though is waaaaaaaaay outweighed by the dozens of toxins in ICE exhaust. There are dozens of studies proving this. It's not even a question.
It's not green posturing. Ask yourself this: why is literally every government pushing for electric vehicle adoption???? Green posturing?