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I’d think that regenerative braking would lead to an electric car producing far less brake dust than a conventional car
Cross post from the EV thread:
As a conscious "experiment" I monitored how much I used the foot brake vs regenerative "braking" during a 61 mile journey the other day. Mixture of dense urban, countryside and motorway road use:
I used the foot / caliper brakes precisely once during the outing: whilst I was reverse parking on returning to my house.
So, from a brake dust perspective, EVs do seem to be almost infinitely better.
mashton-
When I was driving the Tesla S I very rarely used the brake but the car would panic brake on sunny days when driving into a big shadow. Passing tall HGVs or under bridges. I would warn passengers that it might happen and it nearly always did. It was a 2015 model so I wonder if newer models are better now.
Constable_Savage
And tyre rubber IIRC- big source of micro plastic waste as it’s washed into drains. I’d think that regenerative braking would lead to an electric car producing far less brake dust than a conventional car, Porsche are concerned about the brake discs going very rusty for this reason on the Taycan.