As I said, this article is quite obviously propaganda to cover up the inability to achieve the stated goals for reduction of CO₂ emissions.  Even if they were true, which from your experience doesn't seem to be the case, the pollution they are being blamed for isn't CO₂ at all.  It's just a scare tactic to throw at greenies who think EVs are the Holy Grail and will solve their climate concerns.  They are not, but not because the tires wear out too fast, because they'll never be able to substitute for the current ICE fleet, nor will a charging network capable of handling such a substitution ever be built.  Nor will they ever be charged by all renewable energy.  Nuclear is conceivable, but the cost of building all the reactors and mining all the fissionable isotopes necessary is cost prohibitive.  There's still quite a bit of money to be made building these things though, which they will right up to SHTF day arrives, and never even get switched on to deliver their first nanowatt-microsecond of juice to your EV.

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