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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by pastel8739 on Friday December 12, 2025 @04:30AM (#46242401)
Why wouldn’t it be 500 times greater? Gasoline is combusted for energy, converting most of it into mostly harmless byproducts; tire tread is just released as is.
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Re:Rivian Unveils Custom Silicon, R2 Lidar Roadmap, and Univ... by simondotau on Friday December 12, 2025 @05:25AM (#46242713)
The best evidence that tyre tread is significantly less consequential than gasoline consumption is that such criticisms overwhelmingly arise in discussions of electric cars.
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