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Most euro 6 compliant diesels are exempt from ulez charges in the uk. My 2016 Renault Trafic van is exempt.
Yes - but they use their brakes much less because they use the regen instead for a lot of slowing down
But IC you engine brake as well, and with much less inertia, no?
Which is why all those ICE vehicles have such tiny rotors and pads that last forever.
You’ll have to quote some rotor and pad sizes between an IC and EV vehicle. Perhaps compare a Tesla and a smart car.
When you produce numbers I'll do the same .
Any vehicle is going to generate pollution to a greater or lesser extent.
But IC you engine brake as well, and with much less inertia, no?
On the other hand I see all the ICE vehicles, dabbing their brakes on the dual carriageway, coming upto junctions, and stop start in town
To be fair a lot of drivers accelerate up to the car in front, next light, next roundabout then brake. Rather than not accelerating to start with. Some drivers anticipation is appalling.
But IC you engine brake as well, and with much less inertia, no?
Not nearly the same.
You need to use the brakes for slowing FAR less in an EV. Regenerative braking does much more to slow you down tan so-called "engine braking" in an ICE.
You actually apply the brake pedal, but a lot of the slowing force comes from the regenerative braking (often over 70%), rather than from the brake pads acting on the discs.
They reckon brake pads on a pure EV last 4-5 times as long as hose on a pure ICEV. Hybrids come in between that.
And there is also the fact that engine braking in an ICEV is still completely wasting the energy, while regenerative braking is recovering some of it as charge back into the battery.
So brakes will last about 160,000 miles of driving, cool