Press Release: Pollution From Tyre Wear 1,000 Times Worse Than Exhaust Emissions — Emissions Analytics
• Tight regulation of exhaust emissions by the EU has meant that new cars emit very little particle pollution
• But tyre wear pollution is unregulated and can be 1,000 times worse, finds independent real-world testing experts Emissions Analytics
• Increased popularity of SUVs, larger and heavier than standard vehicles, exacerbates this problem – as does growing sales of heavy EVs and widespread use of budget tyres• Fitting only high-quality tyres and lowering vehicle weight are routes to reducing these ‘non-exhaust emissions’
