LowEmissionAsphalt-136pg-WhitePaper-May2023

P a g e | 83 Figure 52 – Weight of Vehicle by Type Source: Emissions Analytics, Oxford UK Tire and brake-pad wear pollution is projected to accelerate materially with EV adoption due to increased weight and torque (Figure 53) . So, air quality administrators need to be prepared to replace one source of on-road pollution with another (see Microplastic Pollution discussion starting on Page 93). Figure 53 – UK Tire-Wear and Road Surface PM2.5 2015-2030E 174 Source: Emissions Analytics, Oxford UK 174 UK Report to the UN Convention on Climate Change. 0.70 0.75 0.80 0.85 0.90 0.95 1.00 1.05 1.10 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029 Road-associated Microplastic Pollution (100k tons)