25 July

EVs reduce exhaust emissions to zero in cities and towns. And they also reduce the amount of brake dust by up to 83%. EVs use regenerative braking rather than brakes a lot of the time, meaning the electric motor spins in reverse to slow you down, acting as a generator and re-charging the battery. Teslas have the best regenerative braking, I barely use the brake pedal. Both exhaust emissions and brake dust are absolutely toxic to human health. More people die of this pollution than from car accidents. Diesels are particularly toxic, but brake dust is the worst of the lot. What's on that guy's finger in the pic is also in your lungs and bloodstream. The industry has been allowed to belch this filth into the air for free for over a century, with no penalty. No other industry would get away with it, and this is one of the ways combustion vehicles are hugely subsidised by the taxpayer. If standard fees applied for this pollution, petrol and diesel vehicles would be completely unaffordable.