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EVs are also causing more tire particles due to the batteries making the vehicles heavier.
But it’s nice that Brazil has a high amount of renewable energy output solidifying energy independence for their transport.
EVs but not SUVs and trucks, right? What matters here is the powertrain, not the weight, right? No one ever mentioned tire particles when heavier SUVs became more popular than lighter cars.
So suddenly we care about heavy vehicles? Ford sells almost a million pickups a year.
I'm gonna guess that most F-150 drivers don't even know that microplastics exist and don't give a shit about pollution.
But also, you can still make the biogas trucks worse if you make them even heavier than they already are.