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Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed(phys.org)

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Electric cars are not THE solution.

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vodka@lemm.ee
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What makes it EV and not just an eco tire? On Michelins website (Norwegian one) and various tire shop websites it just, an eco tire.

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The staggered tread pattern, the stiffer rubber, the profile of the tire, and the sound dampening foam inside the tire. There’s nothing stopping you from mounting these on regular ICE cars though.

Here’s a video explaining more about EV tires:

https://youtu.be/8pM9o2Ifcro

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Yeah my point is that this is… just an eco tire and not specific to EVs in anyway.

Did EVs cause eco tires to advance a lot? Yes.

Are they different from other eco tires? No.

Are they different to other tires in America? Yes because they didn’t really have eco tires before EVs.

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