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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by alwayslikethis on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:12PM (#35351835)
The extra weight will significantly increase road wear, which is unfair because the road maintenance is paid by a gas tax, which EV drivers are not paying.
Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by masklinn on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @12:45AM (#35352720)
The weight of EVs has literally no relevance in the face of trucks, which everyone else subsidises. A loaded semi causes about 3 orders of magnitude the road wear of a large sedan, per unit of distance.
Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by andrepd on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @06:44AM (#35355241)
Semi's are doing a job, the same cannot be said of an F150 carrying 1 person to a Costco parking lot.
Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by masklinn on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @07:00AM (#35355374)
> Semi's are doing a job

Not in any way relevant either. Semis could “do a job” and be properly accounted for in infrastructure damage still.

Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @07:49AM (#35355786)
Buying enough vehicle that even your exceptional use case for it isn't pushing the limit of what it's capable of is absolutely a hallmark of upper middle class/white collar consumerist culture.

A socially awkward teenager gets more ass than rear seat of your average HNer's 4Runner or Model 3. IDK why the internet always shits on pickup drivers.

Regardless, I don't think you understand how impactful "a couple orders of magnitude" are. Even the heaviest of light vehicles, like a Hummer EV are of negligible effect on a road that has to handle any proportion of medium and heavy truck traffic.