Ways to avoid it
Tires that are as robust as possible could help avoid tire wear. Last but not least, “people generally have to drive less, since individual traffic will continue to increase,” says Part, who also points out the contribution made by driving style and road conditions. Even if truck traffic were to shift increasingly to rail, the trend in car traffic would continue to rise, as forecasts show. The roll-out of e-mobility will hardly have any effect here, since electric cars probably produce at least the same level of abrasion as conventional cars. Possibly even more, because e-cars have a very high torque available from a standstill, which is also when starting off can inadvertently lead to more slip than with combustion vehicles.
Microplastics everywhere – 21,200 tons of tire wear in Austria per year
