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The article touches on many factors that influence the cost of freight traffic by road and by rail, but it doesn't mention diesel taxes that help pay for road m

The article touches on many factors that influence the cost of freight traffic by road and by rail, but it doesn't mention diesel taxes that help pay for road maintenance. Presumably electric trucks will eventually also have to pay some kind of similar toll or tax for the use of the roads.

upofadown 7y ago
... and fuel/user taxes tend to only pay for something like 50% of the road cost. The rest ends up being a government subsidy for road shipping which might be reexamined if electric trucks ever become a big thing.
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