And as a city dweller, I can tell you that electric cars are also noisy at low speed because of the fake engine noise they add. I live on the 7th floor and can hear some electric cars better than gas ones when my windows are open. Some sound like they are always honking at low volume.
Yes, they’re better and will help getting cleaner air, but there’s many other negative aspects to using cars that also can’t be dismissed just because they will be electric.
Tires are actually kind of an advanced technology and inventing an alternative that is less polluting but somehow equally durable and good at moving and stopping cars is not trivial
But yes we will need new tire material eventually or new technologies entirely like magnetic repulsion cars or whatnot
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But air quality in towns with electric cars have cleaner air, whcih could reduce cancer
Yes, cleaner air is a positive aspect and it’s not insignifiant.
But cars also increase sedentarity causing higher cardiovascular disease and obesity risk for its users.
Electric cars also emit as much noise as internal combustion engines when on freeways, causing health and stress issues for poor people living near them in major cities.
And as a city dweller, I can tell you that electric cars are also noisy at low speed because of the fake engine noise they add. I live on the 7th floor and can hear some electric cars better than gas ones when my windows are open. Some sound like they are always honking at low volume.
Yes, they’re better and will help getting cleaner air, but there’s many other negative aspects to using cars that also can’t be dismissed just because they will be electric.
Yeah air quality mostly increases but what doesn’t increase and actually gets worse are microplastics
We don’t measure microplastics when sources talk about air quality and pollution
So solution is… make tyres out of new materials
https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/449180-quieter-tyres-for-cleaner-air-and-microplastic-free-environments
Not really simple or easy
Tires are actually kind of an advanced technology and inventing an alternative that is less polluting but somehow equally durable and good at moving and stopping cars is not trivial
But yes we will need new tire material eventually or new technologies entirely like magnetic repulsion cars or whatnot
lightweight low speed small electric cars in cities are an absolute win
heavy high speed (= more tire wear) electric cars is just more consumerist slop