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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by throwaway894345 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:34PM (#37324626)
Not really because the difference in road wear between ICE and EV SUVs is marginal precisely because road wear is proportional to axle weight to the fourth power. The axle weight of an SUV (whether EV or ICE) is a fraction of that of an 18 wheeler. The road wear of an 18 wheeler is going to be 2 or 3 orders of magnitude greater than that of an EV or ICE SUV (both of which are in the same order of magnitude).
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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by DistractionRect on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:42PM (#37324798)
I think another thing to consider is that with ICE vehicles, you're doing (at least) double duty in road damage because all that fuel has to transported to the stations in another vehicle to begin with.
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Re:Weight-based motor vehicle tax by theshrike79 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @12:51PM (#37324991)
Yep, the 18-wheelers bringing up to 12000 gallons of fuel to stations is a fuckton of power of four road wear.
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