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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by jackmott42 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:30PM (#37324530)
Can you show the total lifecycle math where you worked this all out, or are you just asserting it without evidence?

How much bigger and heavier is an electric SUV vs a regular one? How does a ModelY compare to a Mazda CX-5 for instance?

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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by cuu508 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:40PM (#37324758)
About same size, Model Y is 33% heavier

https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/tesla-model-y-2021-...

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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by dgfitz on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:34PM (#37324625)
For that specific example: a model y weighs ~4450 lbs and a cx5 weighs ~3800, leaving a delta of ~3-4 grown adults in terms of weight.
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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by mormegil on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:35PM (#37324635)
Tesla Y: Max curb weight 2003 kg Mazda CX-5: Max curb weight 1765 kg (according to Wikipedia)
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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by kracejic on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:49PM (#37324946)
Mazda CX-5 looks to be smaller than Model Y, so more fair comparison would be to CX-60 which seems to be similar size, where the difference between these two is under 20 kg according to carsized. See:

https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/mazda-cx-5-2012-suv... https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/tesla-model-y-2021-...

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