Kicks in from 1st September for privately owned vehicles.
How they will police it isn’t clear, but all routes including motorways are included within the radius shown. It’s a long diversion to avoid altogether!
Likewise with a 2010, the only difference I could find between mine and the euro 6 is the stop start feature. Still my trip in September looks as if a diversion around Rouen and associated districts will be necessary if I dont get another by then.
Just looking at options, a petrol version of the same vehicle but still withing the realms of travel through Rouen actually emits more CO2 than my older diesel. Going for a late model petrol vs a euro 6 diesel the CO2 levels are near identical.
We will have to wait for real data rather than the conjecture and errors to date. From a report dreamed up some time ago, they didnt use an EV, they used an ICE vehicle and added ballast to approximate the weight of an EV. So braking is with friction not deceleration through regenerative charging. There were other points in addition which escape me for now.
I am not negating there is an issue just no one bothered with ICE cars tyre wear and polution but for some obscure reason zero tail pipe emissions means we must find other reasons to bitch about EV’s. Wonder who is lobbying this, maybe very rich oil compsnies?
As the puncture proof tyre will vastly reduce the amount of tyres scraped it will help and as they look at various materials changes will come. Just takes time which so far the motor vehkcle industry has had how many years to look at? Nah, only now EV’s threaten a poluting old industry.
Forces on the tyres are going to be similar either way.
I guess it is about going for the target which will make most difference first. Once you have tail-pipe particulate emissions low enough other sources start to dominate.
Yes, they will probably be easier to recycle/make from recycled plastic.
I wonder how they will affect handling though - looking at that photo there is more distortion on that tyre than I think I’d expect from a conventional tyre - improved ride no doubt, but cornering?
Probably will be a while before they are accepted - if for no other reason that they look a bit weird
AFAIK present versions offer a significantly less comfy ride than a conventional pneumatic tyre, though hopefully that will be sorted as development continues.