from Hacker News

Car tyres produce more particle pollution than exhausts, tests show

by byproxy on 2/13/24, 7:48 AM with 8 comments

• by JumpCrisscross on 2/13/24, 9:48 AM

  Is there a solution to this? A biodegradeable tyre, or perhaps on that doesn't produce such small particulates?

• by ZeroGravitas on 2/13/24, 8:26 AM

  > Tailpipes are now so clean for pollutants that, if you were starting out afresh, you wouldn’t even bother regulating them.”

  Heavily regulated thing is so good you don't need to regulate it anymore is such a supremely dumb comment it kind of overshadows the rest of this company's work.

• by nikau on 2/13/24, 8:32 AM

  Good thing evs don't have massive take off torque...

• by loa_in_ on 2/13/24, 8:18 AM

  Exhausts after going through modern filters and catalyst converters or before?