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Re:London Ultra Low Emission Zone cuts toxic air pollution b... by Brakenshire on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @09:54AM (#21323590)
> In [1], they seem to conclude that it is indeed 50%-50% for most particles, so it would mean that switching to an electric car only halves the emitted particles

That isn’t correct, because electric cars mostly use regenerative braking which eliminates brake emissions. Also, this is only for particulates, NOx also emissions are totally eliminated by the switch.

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Re:London Ultra Low Emission Zone cuts toxic air pollution b... by jlnthws on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @10:53AM (#21324265)
Indeed, I was not aware of it and it makes a huge difference. So local emissions reduction is probably in the 70+% per vehicle. Tyres and roads are the last big chunk of emissions then. Where is my flying Tesla?

[2] https://electricautonomy.ca/2019/09/11/better-braking-anothe...

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