Too Fun to Check: Study Claims EV Emissions Worse for Environment Than Gas-Powered Cars

6:00 PM · March 05, 2024

Excerpt NY Post nypost.com

Electric vehicles release more toxic particles into the atmosphere and are worse than the environment than their gas-powered counterparts, according to a resurfaced study.

The study, published by emissions data firm Emission Analytics, was released in 2022 but has attracted a wave of attention this week after being cited in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Sunday.

It found that brakes and tires on EVs release 1,850 times more particle pollution compared to modern tailpipes, which have “efficient” exhaust filters, bringing gas-powered vehicles’ emissions to new lows.

Today, most vehicle-related pollution comes from tire wear.

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Author Commentary

Ed Morrissey Mar 5, 2024 6:00 PM ET

Thanks to the increased efficiency of internal combustion engines, their emissions are relatively clean. The increased weight from the massive batteries in EVs forces a significantly higher rate of erosion of tires and brakes, creating massive increases in emissions. Or so the study postulates, anyway.

The reaction from regulators so far suggests that the study may be accurate. The California’s Air Resources Board suggested that batteries may become lighter in the future, and that manufacturers can use lighter-weight materials on other parts of EVs to compensate. That, however, would mean trade-offs on safety in collisions.