• Oderus@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    My 2016 Challenger is 4200 lbs whereas my Tesla Model S is 4500 lbs. Hardly a large enough difference to matter, especially when you consider I had a Ram 3500 which is 7500 lbs. Even most SUV’s are heavier than my Tesla so I wonder why weight gets brought up.

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      4 days ago

      Challengers are very heavy cars (which is why they aren’t great sports cars :p haha) something like a civic is between 2800-3000 lbs.

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        4 days ago

        They’re certainly heavier than a Civic but much lighter than most trucks. Being RWD and having almost 500BHP, it’s also a tire eater so I go through tires much quicker than I expected and as such, it’ll pollute more than my Tesla in several ways.

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      4 days ago

      The more weight on the tires, the faster they wear out. And tire dust is indeed emissions, not all vehicle emissions come from the exhaust pipe.

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        4 days ago

        Also having so much power and being RWD, they go through tires faster than most cars so it’s doubly more polluting.