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This added weight is related to the tire eating article from a few days ago…? Also, added weight times millions of vehicles wears down roads and infrastructure
by russfink 3y ago
This added weight is related to the tire eating article from a few days ago…? Also, added weight times millions of vehicles wears down roads and infrastructure more quickly, increases damage costs in simple fender benders… how much is this actually costing us?
- baggachipz 3y agoIt's barely a blip on the radar compared to the large trucking industry, whose tractor-trailers cause about 2500 times the wear and tear on road compared to a car[1]. [1] https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-trucks-do-our-roads https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-...
- bluGill 3y agofor main roads. However for back roads and residential streets the road is designed assuming only a few semis per year (mostly moving trucks which are already lighter than average) and so the heavy car every day is a much larger share of the wear.
- Halfwhit 3y agoWell in the UK these new EVs are road-tax exempt, so the owners aren't even contributing towards maintaining the infrastructure...
- Anonbrit 3y agoRoad tax is paid into the general funds, same as any other taxation, and stopped being related to the maintenance of roads several generations ago. EV drivers do pay less tax in general (including significant amounts of fuel duty not needing to be paid) but then they do far less harm to the people and environment around them too.