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Even though asbestos brake shoes and pads are no longer being produced here in the US, many of them imported from China still contain asbestos. Virtually every roadside in the world is saturated with asbestos fibers and rubber particles, from decades of wear to those components. Electric automobiles are no exception.
"Wear on the vehicle's tires, brakes, and the road surface produced 5.8 grams of NEE particulates per kilometer driven, which is 1,289 times the 0.0045 grams-per-kilometer limit for passenger vehicle exhaust particulates under current Euro 6d emissions standards..."
Tires Cause 1,000 Times More Pollution Than Exhaust Fumes, Study Claims
"Wear on the vehicle's tires, brakes, and the road surface produced 5.8 grams of NEE particulates per kilometer driven, which is 1,289 times the 0.0045 grams-per-kilometer limit for passenger vehicle exhaust particulates under current Euro 6d emissions standards..."
Tires Cause 1,000 Times More Pollution Than Exhaust Fumes, Study Claims