Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tons of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food. Researchers in South China recently found tire-derived chemicals in most human urine samples.
I view it more as highlighting that EVs don’t suddenly make a car ecofriendly. It is also easier to get the public to change their transportation than to expect a groccery store to suddenly get a rail spur for deliveries which is why i think they didn’t touch much on heavy trucking.