I'm not splitting hairs here, pollution is #pollution, but I don't think the threat of an #EV car purchase surge, REPLACING fossil fuel powered cars on the road, is the root of the problem here. Howbeit, it does knock their "#green" status if old, polluting tire #technology is still used. #Climate
Reuters, "Tire-makers are under pressure to almost literally reinvent the wheel as regulators turn their scrutiny to tire pollution that is set to surge with the rise of electric vehicles (EVs)"
Why? Our local cabbie says all his costs are down since switching to hybrid. Regenerative braking means pads and rotors need replacing far less often.
The technology is about the same across the board for brake pads, except coating is different. I'm not sure how that can change, at this point in development.
All electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the US have regenerative braking today. Some are more complex than others.
Even some non-electric vehicles are using regenerative braking to harness energy to charge batteries, run electrical systems, etc, to use less fossil fuel.
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