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How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment (www.theverge.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

EVs are much heavier due to battery weight

That's not inherently true. It's most true for grossly oversized and inefficient EVs. Which is unfortunately most of what they build today.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed. Here's example of properly-engieneered EV for city in use:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I mean I dunno about you but where I live it gets really fucking hot. And sometimes it rains. So something with a cabin and air conditioning is mandatory. I'm a big fan of electric micro-cars.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Rain, snow, forest fires, from -25°C to +38°C. In one word: Moscow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cool?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

No idea why +38 is cool for you.