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Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by AnthonyMouse on Saturday February 15, 2025 @01:27PM (#43060826)
The weight difference between a Model 3 and the average new car sold in the US is a negative number. The Model 3 is slightly lighter than the average new car. So the difference comes entirely from torque.

But you could just... not have such a heavy foot.

Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by hansvm on Saturday February 15, 2025 @01:47PM (#43061032)
The difference also comes from the grippier tires on the Model 3, the total tread volume on those tires compared to a smaller car, and that the Model 3 compared to the average car isn't apples to apples if you're looking at tire wear for ICE vs EV (to be fair, my car's too light to be apples to apples either, but if you look at comparably sized cars the Model 3 is heavier).
Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by AnthonyMouse on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:26PM (#43061425)
Electric cars don't have electric car-specific tires.

If you look at comparably sized cars the Model 3 is about the same. It's roughly the same size and weight as a BMW 3 series. And they're both around the size and weight of the average new car.

It's small electric cars that typically weigh more, because making the car smaller isn't the main way to make the battery smaller; reducing the range is. So then nobody really makes a small full electric car with a short range, because that market is served by plug-in hybrids that solve the range problem with a gas engine while still allowing you to do a few dozen miles a day as an electric car.

Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by rascul on Saturday February 15, 2025 @04:22PM (#43062464)
> Electric cars don't have electric car-specific tires.

Maybe they all don't but some do.

Re:Dust from Car Brakes More Harmful Than Exhaust, Study Finds by AnthonyMouse on Saturday February 15, 2025 @06:51PM (#43063707)
Popular current ones though?