conducted a study that showed fine particulates from tire wear are 1,850 times greater than those found in the exhaust stream of an internal combustion engine.
The study also found that brake pads shed FPMs as they wear as well. Since most EVs use regenerative braking, the electric car crowd can legitimately claim the moral high ground on FPM from brake wear and point out the brakes in a conventional car spew out more of them than an EV does.German Aerospace Center
Called the Zero Emission Drive Unit – Generation 1 — ZEDU-1 for short — the prototype EV has been successfully road tested and found to be virtually emissions free, which makes it the most environmentally friendly road vehicle in operation in the world. “I am pleased that the research project Zero Emission Drive Unit – Generation 1 has successfully developed a prototype that tackles particulate matter emissions as the most important causes of mobility-related environmental pollution and thus lays the foundation for almost emission-free mobility on the road in the future.