Electric vehicles give a lesser-known pollution headache
By DW
16 July 2023 |
12:30 pm
As EV sales have soared, the tire industry has innovated its products to fit the needs of the relatively heavy, efficient and silent cars. But there is one problem the industry is struggling to crack.
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