{"id":12838,"date":"2024-03-06T16:22:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/electric-cars-may-release-more-emissions-than-gas-powered-vehicles\/"},"modified":"2024-03-06T16:22:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T10:52:36","slug":"electric-cars-may-release-more-emissions-than-gas-powered-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/06\/electric-cars-may-release-more-emissions-than-gas-powered-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Cars May Release More Emissions Than Gas-Powered Vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_82\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>A 2022 study from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.emissionsanalytics.com\/news\/gaining-traction-losing-tread\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emission Analytics<\/a> suggesting that electric vehicles (EVs) produce more emissions has reappeared following the push to reduce gas-powered cars.<\/p>\n<p>Emission Analytics found that tire wear creates the most pollution, suggesting that the heavier the vehicle, the greater the emission content.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that tire wear emissions are 1,850 times greater than tailpipe emissions and increase if the driver accelerates or brakes aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe excess emissions under aggressive driving should alert us to a risk with BEVs: greater vehicle mass and torque delivered can lead to rapidly increasing tire particulate emissions,\u201d Emissions Analytics wrote. \u201cHalf a tonne of battery weight can result in tire emissions that are almost 400 more times greater than real-world tailpipe emissions, everything else being equal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, a 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/new-study-expresses-skepticism-that-electric-vehicles-reduce-carbon-emissions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a> from the Manhattan Institute doubts if EVs are noticeably reducing carbon emissions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagining a hypothetical all-EV world requires acknowledging the unavoidable fact of a rats\u2019 nest of assumptions, guesses, and ambiguities regarding emissions,\u201d wrote Mark Mills, a senior fellow of the Manhattan Institute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of the necessary data may never be collectible in any normal regulatory fashion, given the technical uncertainties and the variety and opacity of geographic factors, as well as the proprietary nature of many of the processes,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Although EVs do not put out carbon emissions while in use, \u201cemissions occur elsewhere\u2014before the first mile is ever driven and when the vehicle is parked to refuel,\u201d Mills explained.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Electric cars release more toxic emissions than gas-powered vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>EV tire tread releases toxic particles 400 times GREATER than exhaust emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that&#8217;s green about electric vehicles is the cost. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZkv0xkP8l\">pic.twitter.com\/CZkv0xkP8l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel Turner (@DanielTurnerPTF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielTurnerPTF\/status\/1764790259659817471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/electric-cars-may-release-more-emissions-than-gas-powered-vehicles\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 2022 study from Emission Analytics suggesting that electric vehicles (EVs) produce more emissions has reappeared following the push to reduce gas-powered cars. Emission Analytics found that tire wear creates the most pollution, suggesting that the heavier the vehicle, the greater the emission content. 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