Tyre wear - the other 'big pollutant' of motor vehicles (especially EV's) that nobody ever wants to talks about.
If you put tailpipe emissions of internal combustion powers road vehicles aside, the other major pollutant is tyres. Tyre wear specifically.
The EV evangelists forget to talk about this almost deliberately. Why? Because EV's are normally heavier than equivalent petrol/diesel powered vehicles and that means MORE tyre wear, and MORE OFTEN tyre replacements.
EV's also have higher acceleration and braking characteristics which means even MORE tyre wear associated with hard acceleration and hard braking.
That means more rubber particulate pollution getting into the environment, more waste tyres to dispose of somehow, and all that rubber particulate pollution gets into the soil, the waterways and oceans, and is consumed by animals including us humans.
Is that better for the environment? Remember that YMMV because everyone has different usage requirements for their motor vehicle(s).
The EV evangelists forget to talk about this almost deliberately. Why? Because EV's are normally heavier than equivalent petrol/diesel powered vehicles and that means MORE tyre wear, and MORE OFTEN tyre replacements.
EV's also have higher acceleration and braking characteristics which means even MORE tyre wear associated with hard acceleration and hard braking.
That means more rubber particulate pollution getting into the environment, more waste tyres to dispose of somehow, and all that rubber particulate pollution gets into the soil, the waterways and oceans, and is consumed by animals including us humans.
Is that better for the environment? Remember that YMMV because everyone has different usage requirements for their motor vehicle(s).
