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Another way electric cars clean the air: study says brake dust reduced by 83% (electrek.co)

submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/electricvehicles@slrpnk.net

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[–] StJohnMcCrae@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's not that ebikes are regen braking, it's that bikes are throwing less brake pad dust into the air due to the lower mass and velocity of the object involved.

A single brake pad on a car is around the size of the sole of a shoe, and they use 4. A bikes brake pad is around the size of a thumbnail, and you only need 2.