<div class='ui dimmer modals page' style='display: none;'><div id='helpie-password-modal' class='pauple_helpie ui modal small' style='display: none;'><div class='ui header'><i class='circular lock icon'></i> Password Protected</div><div class='item-content'><br /><label for='password_check'>Enter Password : </label><p><input type='password' id='password_check' name='password_check' class='password' value='' required></p></div><div class='actions'><div class='ui black deny button'>Nope</div><div class='ui positive right labeled icon button'>Yep, that's right!<i class='checkmark icon'></i></div></div><div class='clear'></div></div></div>{"id":5707,"date":"2021-11-03T13:18:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T05:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/?post_type=pauple_helpie&#038;p=5707"},"modified":"2024-06-23T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T02:29:02","slug":"are-electric-cars-less-polluting-than-conventional-combustion-cars","status":"publish","type":"pauple_helpie","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/are-electric-cars-less-polluting-than-conventional-combustion-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Electric Cars Less Polluting than Conventional Combustion Cars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='breadcrumbs pauple_helpie_breadcrumbs'><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/'>Knowledge Base<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/cat\/protecting-yourself\/'>Protecting Yourself<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/cat\/clean-air-movement\/'>Clean Air Movement<\/a> <span class='helpiekb_separator'> &nbsp;&nbsp; <i class='fa fa-angle-right' aria-hidden='true'><\/i>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a class='mainpage-link' href='https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/are-electric-cars-less-polluting-than-conventional-combustion-cars\/'>Are Electric Cars Less Polluting than Conventional Combustion Cars?<\/a> <\/div>\n<p>Electric cars have no exhaust fumes and emit very few gaseous pollutants.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S004896972204058X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research has shown<\/a>\u00a0that electric cars may produce the same amount or even less PM10 and PM2.5 when compared to conventional cars thanks to the continuously developing technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the increased particulate pollution is still a bi problem because electric cars are typically heavier than conventional motor cars. The additional weight of electric cars means there is more friction between the tyres and the roads. This causes more tyre wear and road abrasion, creating more particulate pollution. Also, the heavier weight of electric cars means more braking friction is needed to slow down electric cars. This in turn increases brake pad wear and produces more particulate pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/what-types-of-pollution-do-conventional-cars-produce\/\">what types of pollution do conventional cars produce&nbsp;\u00bb&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='pauple-helpie-module article-voting'><span class='label'>Was this article useful?<\/span><span data-post-id='5707' data-user-id='0' class='icon-tray'><span  data-vote='thumbs up outline' class=' voting-icon thumbs up outline '><i data-content='thumbs up outline' class='thumbs up outline outline icon' aria-hidden='true'><\/i><count>1<\/count><\/span><span  data-vote='thumbs down outline' class=' voting-icon thumbs down outline '><i data-content='thumbs down outline' class='thumbs down outline outline icon' aria-hidden='true'><\/i><count>1<\/count><\/span><\/span><\/div><div style='clear:both;'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge Base &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Protecting Yourself &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Clean Air Movement &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Are Electric Cars Less Polluting than Conventional Combustion Cars? Electric cars have no exhaust fumes and emit very few gaseous pollutants.\u00a0Research has shown\u00a0that electric cars may produce the same amount or even less PM10 and PM2.5 when compared to conventional &#8230; <a title=\"Are Electric Cars Less Polluting than Conventional Combustion Cars?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/smart-air-knowledge-base\/are-electric-cars-less-polluting-than-conventional-combustion-cars\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Are Electric Cars Less Polluting than Conventional Combustion Cars?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7807,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"helpdesk_category":[806,613],"helpie_tag":[1359,1358,1357,1356,598,539],"helpie_add_tag":[],"helpie_up_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5707","pauple_helpie","type-pauple_helpie","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","helpdesk_category-clean-air-movement","helpdesk_category-protecting-yourself","helpie_tag-clean-energy","helpie_tag-combustion","helpie_tag-conventional-cars","helpie_tag-electric-cars","helpie_tag-particulate","helpie_tag-pollution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/5707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/pauple_helpie"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5707"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/5707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6023,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pauple_helpie\/5707\/revisions\/6023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helpdesk_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpdesk_category?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_tag?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_add_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_add_tag?post=5707"},{"taxonomy":"helpie_up_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helpie_up_tag?post=5707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}