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We don’t just need electric cars, we need fewer cars (www.greenpeace.org)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.ca
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Interesting article from 2018. But nothing has changed at all. Even the electric cars I see on the road are huge.

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[–] 23 points 2 months ago (6 children)

EVs weren't made to save the planet; they were made to save the car industry.

Theyre an improvement surely but mass transit, cycle lanes, and better urban planning are fundamentally more important to emphasize.

This article doesn't even touch on the fact that tires and brake dust still contribute to unhealthy air quality and adverse health outcomes.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    EVs do not wear breaks like a normal car. I keep having issues with mine needing to be cleaned and lubricated because they get such low usage.

    The tire thing is valid though.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I wore like 2mm off my break pads in 60k miles. A nice win on car maintenance costs as well.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I had this with an 80s civic. It would shut gas off from the injectors when decelerating, and downshift hard. It meant the engine became an air pump, and car would slow without brakes. The brakes lasted so long I had to get a gear puller to pull the wheel rims off the hubs. They had corrosions bonded themselves together

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    This is how nearly all ICE cars have operated since the mid-90s. Most people just haven't learned to take advantage, and still drive full speed up to red lights and slam on the brakes at the last second.

    My original brake pads in my '17 Nissan Micra 5spd went 100k kms before failing inspection.

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