Comments by "Joe Qi" (@i6power30) on "Everything You Need To Know About Electric Car Tires" video.

It would be interesting to conduct a study of EV owners body weight change before and after they switched from gas car to EVs. I know my father uses the EV more for very short distance trips for groceries, community centers than he owned a gas car. Even if it's just 10 min walk. Consequently he gained weight and developed heart issues. I think there should be an incentive to reduce number of unnecessary short car trips even it's EV. Walking or biking for short trips always better than even zero emission EV
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Tesla model 3 rides very harsh, doesn't feel plush at all.
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@EngineeringExplained my parents had long range model 3 for a year and can't take the harsh ride any more and switched to much cheaper Chevy bolt which has much more pleasant ride. I guess performance is not as important to everyone.
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@naderwater6380 or you could be inhaling junk food while charging. I'm more talking about short distance trips such as going to convenient store, small grocery runs, local parks etc. I always walked whenever I could when I had gas car, I still do even now with an EV. But I find myself tempted to take the car more every now and then especially as weather gets colder. But when I had gas car I had a stronger incentive to walk even in winter because I saved a couple bucks in fuel. Not so much with EV. In a way EV could be a curse in disguise if you are struggling with weight issues.
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@OGSumo precisely I agree that cities should be designed to be more walk and bike friendly, not just for cars. Let's hope this EV push won't diminish the effort to reduce car traffic in the grand scheme.
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@jamesengland7461 sure you can say the same with video games. It's not the object that made you unhealthy but if you spend too much time with it you will be.
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Heavier EVs actually creates more air polutions from tire particles, this fact is conviniently not talked about by EV evangelists.
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@RonnieDenburg agreed. What I'm advocating are lighter EVs with smaller batteries thus shorter range but build out charging infrastructure so that range is not a big issue. The trend of big truck and SUV EVs are not green at all.
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The worse thing I about EVs are that since fuel cost is greatly reduced and to make the initial investment ""worthwhile", EV owners tend to drive more miles than when they owned gas cars, as they would avoid taking unnecessary car trips due to cost of fuel. EV owners also don't feel guilty when they drive more, they actually brag about how much fuel money they saved etc. Not only does this creates more traffic, more air polution from tire particles, but also bad for EV owners health. Instead of walking, they would take EV cars even for very short distance trips.
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@EngineeringExplained oh that's interesting. Maybe EV owners take less road trips because of range anxiety and lack of charging infrastructure but more frequent short trips. I'm afraid as number of EVs increase city traffic congestion will get worse as people will not feel bad taking unnecessary short trips because of low fuel cost whereas they would have chose to walk or bike or public transit when they had gas cars.
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