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Even if a Tesla Semi weighs the same than an unloaded diesel semi, the point would still stand. Diesel taxes are one way to help make the truck industry cover
by fasteddie 9y ago
Even if a Tesla Semi weighs the same than an unloaded diesel semi, the point would still stand.
Diesel taxes are one way to help make the truck industry cover the costs of road improvements, which electric semis will never have to pay. This requires a new funding source given how much semis destroy the roads.
- gleglegle 9y agoIn a similar fashion, Diesel is not charged for the social cost that its carbon and NOX emissions cause on the health of the communities through which they drive. They should be, but regulations will take time to catch up to technology effects in both cases.