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A car that catches its own dust
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
Other sources
- TU/ecomotive, VENTRA tuecomotive.nl
- Tuecomotive ventra capturing particulate matter (ddw.nl) ddw.nl
- Tu ecomotive ventra electric car concept captures tire dust ev (designboom.com) designboom.com
- Eindhoven students unveil an ev that cleans the air as it drives (ioplus.nl) ioplus.nl
- Student ventra ev project aims to capture tyre and brake wear particles (electrive.com) electrive.com
- Tyre pollution is a thing and this car is already fixing the issue (t3.com) t3.com
- Electric car captures pollution from tires brakes (interestingengineering.com) interestingengineering.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- Diagram comparing a car's exhaust emissions from the tailpipe with non-exhaust emissions from tire and brake wear, which an electric car still hasImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
- Slide 2
- Step diagram: a light carbon fiber mainframe, less tire wear, electrostatic capture at the wheels, orange wheel caps marking the capture zonesImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against Dutch Design Week press kit 2499 (Integrated Filtration; Visitor Experience)
- Slide 3
- Diagram with two columns: what the team states, a 42 percent capture of tire particles in city driving, and what is not published, independent road data and particle sizeImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
- Slide 4
- Bar diagram of WHO's 2019 shares of outdoor air pollution deaths: 14 percent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 14 percent lower respiratory infections, 4 percent lung cancerImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against WHO fact sheet, Ambient (outdoor) air quality and health, who.int (read 28 Oct 2026)
- Ring frame
- Blaasbalg, bestaande uit notenhouten onder- en bovenblad, waartussen rozerood leer, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-1010-283)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record