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Increasing every vehicle weight by over 500kg by adding batteries, increases the road wear by... at least 4 times for a subcompact.
by lifestyleguru 3y ago
Increasing every vehicle weight by over 500kg by adding batteries, increases the road wear by... at least 4 times for a subcompact.
- hinkley 3y agoI haven't been seeing electric vehicles weighing 500kg more. Closer to 500lbs more. Offset by the drivetrain. Increasing vehicle weight by about 15% would be 75% more damage per passenger vehicle. Which is not nothing, but for comparison, those 5000 pound trucks are doing almost 8 times as much road damage as a midsized sedan by weighing 2/3 more. But let's say you're right and the sedans weigh 30% more instead of 15% more, then it's about 2.8x the damage of an ICE. Trucks are still doing more damage than 3 battery electric vehicles. Honestly the weight of these things needs to come down over time. But you need infrastructure to do that. Lighter batteries don't just materialize out of thin air. Getting battery weight down increases range. Which can either make a car with better range, or let you shrink the battery another 5%.
- lifestyleguru 3y agoLast fully IC Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla is 1300 kg, Tesla 3 is 1800 kg. That's over 3.5 times more road wear.
- hinkley 3y agoThat's a bullshit comparison, and if I recall correctly, people dog-piled on you for making that exact same comparison a couple months ago. If that's you, get a new comparison. If not, I don't want to have this discussion a second time. You can't compare a Tesla to a Honda. They're in a different customer class. Try an Acura at least. Even a Jetta only weighs 400kg less than a Tesla 3, and that's still a down-market car. Luxury cars are heavier.
- lifestyleguru 3y agoDon't have Acura in Europe ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
- thomastjeffery 3y agoYes, but that's nothing compared to the 3,000 times more damage that a semi-truck hauling your groceries does.