• Johnnyvibrant@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Can you imagine not having the constant traffic noise played into your ears like tinnitus, being able to maybe actually breathe the oxygen nature provides. That’s probably gonna be what it will be like. But still, ev are just a stop gap, more privately owned cars isn’t the solution in my humble opinion, it is a start towards it.

    • Imperor@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Totally with you, but tire dust is one of the major pollution particles from cars, maybe even the worst AFAIK. That, sadly will not go away but it is still leagues more desireable to have everything on electric than fossil fuel. Can’t have perfect stop good enough.

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        1 year ago

        Yep, tire pollution is even worse with EVs due to their weight. But overall it’s still much better as you said.

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          1 year ago

          It would help if cars went back to a reasonable size and not the absurdly large monstrosities that dominate the market today.

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            1 year ago

            It’s even hard to find an EV sedan. There are like 3 models under $70k. Everyone wants to make SUVs instead.

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              1 year ago

              That’s the real kicker. Gets especially hard if you don’t want a Tesla.

              Many of the conservatives who cite heaviness of EVs as a problem didn’t say shit as ICE cars got heavier and they bought F150s to go to Walmart.

    • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The tire noise EVs make is about the same as an ICE car at about 50 kph (30 mph) so it doesn’t make much difference on busy roads. It does make a huge difference in slow traffic.

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      1 year ago

      About noise, above 30km/h electric cars are as noisy as gas powered one.

      It’s better but not the panacea either.

      • vividspecter@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Solution: 30km/h speed limit in cities, which is a good idea anyway for safety reasons.