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>>rntn+(OP)
Looks like an astroturf campaign, with essentially the same story popping up around the country.

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>>bryanl+51
I've been seeing a lot of anti-electric stories recently, even here. A lot about how Hertz has been selling their electric cars (mostly unrelated to them being electric, but because they see a lot of scrapes and scrapes are costlier for them to fix on the electrics they have), about how the market is cooling down, etc.

Seems like some interests are threatened by the prevalence of electric cars.

>>stavro+R1
You can't engine-brake with an electric engine (with a combustion car, downshifting will force your car to be slower when going downhill, basically) so in mountain regions with ups and downs there's way more braking leading to massively increased tyre wear.

>>thefz+34
Can you please explain the mechanics of this? Engine braking, ignoring a semi jake brake style, is using the weight of the engine to slow the vehicle down. The mechanics of an EV using regen in my head seems pretty similar. You are generating electricity which is creating resistance, similar to how turning the engine without using petrol is creating resistance.

>>infect+n7
There's no difference in mechanics, the resistance on the wheel's axle is similar, therefore tire wear is similar. The GP doesn't seem very informed.

>>stavro+o9
You don't seem very informed to me. Any kind of deceleration will exert some wear on the tyres.

While engine braking it is not about the weight of the engine used to slow the vehicle down, but rather forcing the wheels directly connected to the engine to a fixed speed. When you clamp your brake, you are trusting the tyre's stickiness to slow the car down, pushing them into an abrasive surface, ultimately wearing them down.

Ever wondered why on a slippery surface the engine brake works while braking don't?

>>thefz+AW1
Then we are in agreement your original comment is wrong?

You seem pretty confused on the physics/mechanics of it. On a gas engine there is a vacuum created when you release the accelerator which requires force to continue to turn the engine via the drive shaft. The how is not whats causing you to skid its the amount of force. The force from a brake or the engine does not matter. I know there are conspiracy theorists online that suggest somehow its different but its really just the amount of force. Engine braking is a lot lower force than a hydraulic brake.

It all comes down to the friction between the tire and the road surface.