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Vehicle brakes produce charged particles that may harm public health: study

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Post by darrenkopp »

u320 wrote: post #3

Electric vehicles are heavier, which means they must spend more brake pads to stop. But they also use regenerative breaking, which reduces pad wear. So I'm not sure if they make it worse or not.

They likely make it better. I rarely use my brakes unless I have to brake suddenly.

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Post by realusername »

u320 wrote: post #3

Electric vehicles are heavier, which means they must spend more brake pads to stop. But they also use regenerative breaking, which reduces pad wear. So I'm not sure if they make it worse or not.

The danger with electric vehicles is actually that the break pad is in risk of rusting since you don't use it enough

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Post by _whiteCaps_ »

u320 wrote: post #3

Electric vehicles are heavier, which means they must spend more brake pads to stop. But they also use regenerative breaking, which reduces pad wear. So I'm not sure if they make it worse or not.

I have a Bolt and the brake pads rarely get used. It's almost all regenerative braking, I would bet it's much better than ICE cars.

Tire wear on the other hand... :(

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Post by mschuster91 »

realusername wrote: post #13
u320 wrote: post #3

Electric vehicles are heavier, which means they must spend more brake pads to stop. But they also use regenerative breaking, which reduces pad wear. So I'm not sure if they make it worse or not.

The danger with electric vehicles is actually that the break pad is in risk of rusting since you don't use it enough

Hit the brakes softly once after driving and the rust is gone.

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Post by ok_dad »

cbolton wrote: post #8
u320 wrote: post #3

Electric vehicles are heavier, which means they must spend more brake pads to stop. But they also use regenerative breaking, which reduces pad wear. So I'm not sure if they make it worse or not.

I hope we'll crack down on heavy SUVs vs normal cars before electric vs ICE.

Tires are somewhere near the top for distributing microplastics and heavier cars cause more tire wear, so yea we should get on that. I live next to a main road and we run filters in our house and have to wash the surfaces at least once a week to get off the oil and rubber dust. You can't just dust that stuff either, you have to wash it with soap. I almost regret buying this place, but where else would I have bought in this economy!?

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Post by cjensen »

u320 wrote: post #3

Electric vehicles are heavier, which means they must spend more brake pads to stop. But they also use regenerative breaking, which reduces pad wear. So I'm not sure if they make it worse or not.

Pad wear is the source of the pollution. If there is less wear there is less brake dust pollution.

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Post by samatman »

leoh wrote: post #10
dirtyoldmick wrote: post #2

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Indeed, to replace a brake you must remove it first; and better brake pads there are. Oerlikon of Switzerland has brake pad technology that has near zero emissions and does not need replacing. It’s not in production due to pressure for revenue from service shops.

Something about this story doesn't add up. Service shops aren't even vaguely a cartel, if Bob's Brakes won't install the magic brake pads which never wear out, then Alan's Excellent Brakes shop will.

If, on the other hand, a company has a vaporware product, that's a great excuse to offer the public.

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