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The extra weight will significantly increase road wear, which is unfair because the road maintenance is paid by a gas tax, which EV drivers are not paying.
by alwayslikethis 4y ago
The extra weight will significantly increase road wear, which is unfair because the road maintenance is paid by a gas tax, which EV drivers are not paying.
- masklinn 4y agoThe weight of EVs has literally no relevance in the face of trucks, which everyone else subsidises. A loaded semi causes about 3 orders of magnitude the road wear of a large sedan, per unit of distance.
- andrepd 4y agoSemi's are doing a job, the same cannot be said of an F150 carrying 1 person to a Costco parking lot.
- masklinn 4y ago> Semi's are doing a job Not in any way relevant either. Semis could “do a job” and be properly accounted for in infrastructure damage still.
- dsfyu404ed 4y agoBuying enough vehicle that even your exceptional use case for it isn't pushing the limit of what it's capable of is absolutely a hallmark of upper middle class/white collar consumerist culture. A socially awkward teenager gets more ass than rear seat of your average HNer's 4Runner or Model 3. IDK why the internet always shits on pickup drivers. Regardless, I don't think you understand how impactful "a couple orders of magnitude" are. Even the heaviest of light vehicles, like a Hummer EV are of negligible effect on a road that has to handle any proportion of medium and heavy truck traffic.