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This is an interesting topic to me, because electric vehicles are heavier than vehicles of similar sizes, but as of right now aren't paying gas tax which helps

This is an interesting topic to me, because electric vehicles are heavier than vehicles of similar sizes, but as of right now aren't paying gas tax which helps to keep the road maintained. Heavier vehicles wear on the road more than lower weight vehicles, so it's a bit regressive at the moment. Tangentially, there was a 60 Minutes or similar report recently on how the extra weight of the vehicles also makes them more dangerous to vehicles of similar sizes that are much less weight. Instead of being hit by a Ford Taurus with a lighter weight, you're basically being hit with an F-150 in the size of a Taurus.

gambiting 3y ago
>>Heavier vehicles wear on the road more than lower weight vehicles, so it's a bit regressive at the moment. The thing is - even if everyone in the world replaced their cars with Rivians, they won't do a fraction of a damage that trucks are doing to our roads. It doesn't matter in the slightest to your roads if you drive a 1 or 2 tonne vehicle - but that 40-tonne truck going over it absolutely does. >>Tangentially, there was a 60 Minutes or similar report recently on how the extra weight of the vehicles also makes them more dangerous to vehicles of similar sizes that are much less weight. That is very true.
yakshaving_jgt 3y ago
> there was a 60 Minutes or similar report recently on how the extra weight of the vehicles also makes them more dangerous to vehicles of similar sizes that are much less weight IIRC, this is also a problem for multistorey car parks because they aren't engineered to sustain that amount of weight.
seltzered_ 3y ago
This depends on what state you're in. Some states have already have a tax on EVs that helps cover roadwork expenses - see https://mastodon.social/@vivekgani/110845726672888762 https://mastodon.social/@vivekgani/110845726672888762

gambiting 3y ago

>>Heavier vehicles wear on the road more than lower weight vehicles, so it's a bit regressive at the moment. The thing is - even if everyone in the world replaced their cars with Rivians, they won't do a fraction of a damage that trucks are doing to our roads. It doesn't matter in the slightest to your roads if you drive a 1 or 2 tonne vehicle - but that 40-tonne truck going over it absolutely does. >>Tangentially, there was a 60 Minutes or similar report recently on how the extra weight of the vehicles also makes them more dangerous to vehicles of similar sizes that are much less weight. That is very true.

yakshaving_jgt 3y ago

> there was a 60 Minutes or similar report recently on how the extra weight of the vehicles also makes them more dangerous to vehicles of similar sizes that are much less weight IIRC, this is also a problem for multistorey car parks because they aren't engineered to sustain that amount of weight.

seltzered_ 3y ago

This depends on what state you're in. Some states have already have a tax on EVs that helps cover roadwork expenses - see https://mastodon.social/@vivekgani/110845726672888762 https://mastodon.social/@vivekgani/110845726672888762