You forget the citizens who can't afford to change their cars. Of course a dictatorship can just say "too fucking bad".

Maybe as small "ease of mind." I expect the CCP to get as corrupted as western governments, and because of a lacking democratic spirit, id bet my money on china becoming a stable dictatorship like north korea, focused on sustaining the existing power structure than wellbeing of its citizens, like the lobbies in the west do.

Democracies might be slow and misguided but in the long term, they are the best shot to correct previous mistakes.

But who knows. Chinese leadership was very smart in the past, maybe thell find a new way.

I remember reading somewhere the waiting list for an ICE car permit (my interpretation: license plates) is several years. EV permits are available immediately.

With good reason too: Chinese cities had terrible air quality 10 or 15 years ago.

The comment is that they’re 10-15% heavier, not that they generate 10-15% more tire dust.

In general tire dust generated seems related to tire compound (softer tires = more dust) and weight of vehicle. Although EVs are heavier, they also tend to use harder tires for more efficiency, so it would not surprise me if it’s a wash by equivalent tires to whatever is used in normal combustion cars.

Seems to me the focus for tire dust should be focused on the truly heavy vehicles: how much do 18 wheelers generate, given they’re typically weighing 10-40x what a regular car weighs.