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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Finally, for any arbitrary size of vehicle, the BEV version is going to be SIGNIFICANTLY heavier than the ICE version which also requires more strength in the sidewalls of the tires on the BEV, meaning more material has to go into each tire used for a BEV.

Oh, and since wear on tires produces a stream of finely ground particles made up of whatever the tire was made from, the higher wear on BEV tires produces more of that pollution than equivalent tires on non-BEV vehicles.

I'm still hoping - perhaps in vain - for an "air suspension wheel" to become practical and cost effective in everyday road vehicles. Their use - at least by the GACW company so far - is restricted to BAMTs (Big-A$$ Mining Trucks). See globalaircylinderwheels.com - How it works

But even if the engineering is perfected to withstand high speed road use, these wheels/tires still rely on a nonmetal "tread" that would still be subject to wear.
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