The dirty secret behind your electric 乗り物s exposed: How the TIRES produce 20% more 汚染 than their gas 同等(の)s - as 専門家s 激突する 'big monster' EVs

Electric 乗り物 tires produce up to 20 パーセント more 汚染 than their gas-力/強力にするd 同等(の)s, 専門家s have 明らかにする/漏らすd, meaning EVs could be coming at a higher 環境の price than many owners are aware of.?

For 10年間s, the 衝撃 of tailpipe 放出/発行s from gas-力/強力にするd cars has been the 最初の/主要な draw of 殴打/砲列-力/強力にするd 乗り物s.?

But 専門家s are 警告 that tires, which are often overlooked as a source of 汚染, are 解放(する)ing 化学製品s and microplastics into the 環境. While switching to an electric car no 疑問 helps lower how much 炭素 you 生成する, it 現実に 悪化させるs the problem of tire 放出/発行s.?

EVs typically 重さを計る much more and 加速する faster than their gas-燃やすing 相当するものs, so tiny 粒子s are shed into the 空気/公表する as the tire wears 負かす/撃墜する.??

によれば road 実験(する)s?by 研究 company 放出/発行s Analytics, under normal 運動ing 条件s a gas car sheds around 73 milligrams per キロメーター from four new tires. A 類似の electric 乗り物, however, sheds an 付加 15 milligrams per キロメーター - some 20 パーセント more.?

Experts are warning that tires, which are often overlooked as a source of pollution, are releasing chemicals and microplastics into the environment

専門家s are 警告 that tires, which are often overlooked as a source of 汚染, are 解放(する)ing 化学製品s and microplastics into the 環境

EVs typically weigh much more and accelerate faster than their gas-burning counterparts, so tiny particles are shed into the air as the tire wears down

EVs typically 重さを計る much more and 加速する faster than their gas-燃やすing 相当するものs, so tiny 粒子s are shed into the 空気/公表する as the tire wears 負かす/撃墜する

'It's a combination of the 負わせる and the torque - which is essentially how 積極性 the car can 加速する,' Nick Molden, 創立者 and CEO of 放出/発行s Analytics told?DailyMail.com.?

'The thing about electric モーターs is they have the ability to 加速する very 急速な/放蕩な. If you put together that and how 激しい the 乗り物 is, that is what creates the 付加 wear on the tire.'??

The typical electric car 重さを計るs around 1000 続けざまに猛撃するs more than gas models, によれば Molden.?

In a 熟考する/考慮する 行為/行うd by?放出/発行s Analytics in March this year comparing the Tesla Model Y - the most popular EV in the US - and the 類似して sized hybrid Kia Niro, the 会社/堅い 設立する the Tesla produced 26 パーセント more tire 放出/発行s.?

'The hybrid Kia Niro 配達するs around 30 パーセント CO2 削減, while the Tesla is probably somewhere around 50 パーセント,' said Molden.

'The Tesla is better from a CO2 point of 見解(をとる), but not that much. Then you're 重さを計るing up some extra CO2 削減 but worse tire 放出/発行s.'?

によれば a 2017 熟考する/考慮する, the 普通の/平均(する) American produces 概略で 10 続けざまに猛撃するs of tire 放出/発行s each year. The 全世界の 普通の/平均(する) per person is under 2 続けざまに猛撃するs of tire 放出/発行s a year.

The International Union for 自然保護 of Nature says tires are the second 主要な source of microplastic 汚染 in oceans behind 織物s.?

'People are spending a トン of money on these big monsters, when really we should be going に向かって small, light, economical 乗り物s,' Molden 追加するd.

It comes as the US 直面するs an electric car 革命 - led by a 殺到する in Tesla sales.?

Last week, the company, co-設立するd by 億万長者 Elo n Musk, 発表するd a 記録,記録的な/記録する 殺到する in sales in the second 4半期/4分の1 of the year - 配達するing 446,140 cars 世界的な in the three months 主要な up to June, outdoing its own 予測 of 445,000.

Nick Molden, founder and CEO of Emissions Analytics, warns that EV tires produce more emissions due to the weight and torque of the vehicles

Nick Molden, 創立者 and CEO of 放出/発行s Analytics, 警告するs that EV tires produce more 放出/発行s 予定 to the 負わせる and torque of the 乗り物s?

Emissions Analytics com
pared the Tesla Model Y and the similarly sized Kia Niro and it found the Tesla produced 26 percent more tire emissions

放出/発行s Analytics compared the Tesla Model Y and the 類似して sized Kia Niro and it 設立する the Tesla produced 26 パーセント more tire 放出/発行s

商売/仕事 in the US has been 支えるd by 連邦の 税金 credits for electric 乗り物s, although 専門家s have 警告するd it could (問題を)取り上げる to a 10年間 to 支払う/賃金 off the 賞与金 that 顧客s 支払う/賃金 for an EV.?

Although green モーターs tend to be cheaper to run, the 普通の/平均(する) electric car costs just shy of $20,000 more to 購入(する) upfront than a gas-力/強力にするd one.??

にもかかわらず the flood of 利益/興味 in EVs,?主要な 自動車製造業者s this week said 大統領 Joe Biden's electric car 押し進める is doomed to fail because it 'underestimates' 重要な challenges - 含むing the cost to 消費者s.

The White House has 始める,決める out a 的 要求するing that two-thirds of new 乗り物 sales be electric by 2032.

But in comments とじ込み/提出するd to the 連邦の 政府, Toyota and Stellantis - which owns Vauxhall - 爆破d the 計画(する) as '極端に 楽観的な' because of 不十分な 非難する 組織/基盤/下部構造 and high prices. Stellantis said the 的 '意味ありげに underestimates' the 複雑さs of building a viable EV market.

一方/合間 tire 放出/発行s are not the only 環境の question that has been raised around EVs.?

専門家s have?審議d the eco 衝撃 of the lithium イオン 殴打/砲列s used to 力/強力にする electric 乗り物s, which 要求する rare metals and?抱擁する 量s of energy to 製造(する).?

For Molden, it is a 'no-brainer' that the world should move に向かって hybrid 乗り物s.?

'They are hardly heavier than normal 乗り物s and they give you a big 削減 in CO2,' he said. 'If you want to genuinely 演説(する)/住所 the 環境の problem, the intuitive way of doing it is making smaller, はしけ 乗り物s. Not bigger and heavier monsters.'

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