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Re:In California, Electric Cars Outpace Plugs, and Sparks Fly by gohrt on Sunday October 11, 2015 @02:07PM (#10370262)
road wear and tear goes with the cube of vehicle weight.

Large trucks cause 99% of road wear. Teslas will never be a siginificant factor.

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Re:In California, Electric Cars Outpace Plugs, and Sparks Fly by aexaey on Monday October 12, 2015 @04:38AM (#10373248)
* not cube (n^3), but fourth degree (n^4)

* not of vehicle weight, but per-axis weight

Trucks are still big "winners" though - see masklinn's calculations here.

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