Here’s something the Biden administration and CA Gov. Gavin Newsom haven’t talked about: electric cars actually emit more soot and particulate matter than their gas-powered counterparts—because of their tires.
At least, that’s what a Wall Street Journal opinion piece which dropped Sunday concluded with this jaw-dropping headline:
Electric Cars Emit More Soot
They have greater tire wear, the source of most particulate matter. California is trying to conceal that fact.
“[B]anning gasoline cars would do little to reduce particulate emissions, and it could even increase them,” they conclude.
As we’ve reported, Biden and Newsom are hell-bent on making you buy an EV even though the technology and price so far have not been up to snuff.
EVs have had a brutal news cycle:
See:
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