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And you'll pay a lot more in taxes to maintain the roads: "an increase in axle weight from 18,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds causes 50 percent more damage to the p

And you'll pay a lot more in taxes to maintain the roads: "an increase in axle weight from 18,000 pounds to 20,000 pounds causes 50 percent more damage to the pavement." See: https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjun-2009/exploring-vehicle-size-and-weight-solutions#:~:text=However%2C%20the%20amount%20of%20infrastructure,more%20damage%20to%20the%20pavement https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/mayjun-2009/exploring-.... It's massive!

owenpalmer 3y ago
Wow that's crazy!
- quickthrowman 3y ago
  Yeah, the formula for road damage is a very fast growing function ((vehicle weight^4)/number of axles)
  - morsch 3y ago
    Just tax them by the same formula and watch cars getting smaller and smaller. And getting more axles I suppose.
    - roflyear 3y ago
      If the world did work that way it would be nice, lol. I imagine such a proposal in the US would be met with "we're trying to destroy the EV industry!!!!"
- k7sune 3y ago
  I also think as heavier electric cars become more ubiquitous, they will impose a threat on structures like multi level garages that weren’t designed to take this amount of weight.