The electric Hummer’s battery weighs more than my first car. It has a curb weight over 9000 pounds.
Heavy cars do more damage when they hit things, emit more brake dust, and cause more damage to roads. Exploring ways to reduce (or appropriately tax) their use should be celebrated.
Cheaper economy vehicles will use metallic brake pads that emit lots of dust. More expensive luxury vehicles (SUVs and trucks) use premium ceramic pads that wear much less per mile. EVs and hybrids add regen and don't need brakes to stop unless it's under emergency braking. It's absolutely not apples to apples, and people need to understand that fact.
Uh, what? All else equal, a heavier vehicle will emit more brake dust. Basic physics says so. If you want to claim otherwise, bring a source.
It may be the case that electric cars, thanks to regenerative braking, do not emit more brake dust than a lighter non-electric car, but that's not what the parent comment here was saying.
>It may be the case that electric cars, thanks to regenerative braking, do not emit more brake dust than a lighter non-electric car, but that's not what the parent comment here was saying.
Heavy cars do more damage when they hit things, emit more brake dust, and cause more damage to roads. Exploring ways to reduce (or appropriately tax) their use should be celebrated.