Electric Vehicles Are More Polluting Than Your Regular ICE Vehicles, Claims Report

The automotive industry has been witnessing a significant shift as the demand for electric vehicles has been rapidly increasing. One of the most significant reasons behind the faster adoption of EVs is that people, governments and automobile manufacturers are all focusing on more sustainable means of transportation. Electric cars, or EVs, are seen as better for the environment because they produce fewer greenhouse gases than petrol and diesel cars.

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However, a new study by Emission Analytics, a company that studies emissions, says that EVs might not be as sustainable and environmentally friendly as we perceive them to be. The study, talked about in a Wall Street Journal article, says that EVs could actually release more pollution from brakes and tyres than regular cars. The study stated that because EVs are heavier, they can produce a lot more tiny particles from their brakes and tyres compared to modern petrol cars with good exhaust filters, resulting in 1,850 times more pollution. 

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EVs are heavier because of their big batteries and this weight makes tyres wear down faster. Most tyres are made from synthetic rubber, which comes from crude oil. As tyres wear down, they release harmful chemicals into the air. The study also says that the heavy batteries in EVs make things worse. They put extra strain on the brakes and tyres, causing them to wear out faster. For example, the Tesla Model Y and Ford F-150 Lightning have batteries that weigh around 816 kg. The study says that an EV with a battery weighing half a ton could release over 400 times more pollution from tyre wear than a modern petrol car does from its exhaust. While we usually think about pollution from car exhausts, this study shows that we also need to think about the pollution from brakes and tyres when we talk about how environmentally friendly EVs are.