https://racfoundation.org/data/percentage-uk-pump-price-whic...
Given the (unsupported) claim that a EV wears the road significantly more than a gasoline car for what amounts to shouldn't we expect that a vehicle exerting three times the pressure on the road should pay more per mile than 'just' 3x what you and I do in our gas passenger cars?
This is an unambiguously, heavily supported claim. By states, car makers, the federal government, and third party analysis firms. It's incredibly uncontroversial. It's even got a name, and associated math: it's called the Fourth Power Law https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-...
> shouldn't we expect that a vehicle exerting three times the pressure on the road should pay more per mile than 'just' 3x what you and I do in our gas passenger cars
Gas taxes make up a relatively small part of the cost of gas. If you run the numbers, you'll find that it's maybe closer to around 3.5-4x for most passenger EVs. At scale, that becomes a problem, but at the individual level, it's still a relatively small amount - and certainly less than the cost of gas.
Your source claims no such thing. EVs may be heavier than equivalent ICE cars, but an electric Smart (the brand) is going to do less damage than a loaded Ford F150.
Tax the weight, not a shitty proxy for weight.
Your comparison is misleading. Compare an ICE car to an EV car, not the lightest EV to the heaviest ICE.
Over in the EU it seems that taxes and duties represent at least half of the cost of petrol, more in some member states
https://www.statista.com/statistics/937796/pump-price-and-ta...
Q: How are governments going to replace this?
Add a supplemental registration tax to EVs and hybrids to make up the cost of consuming less fuel. Of course, taxes never go away, so enjoy this new tax as we enter an electric future.
It is pretty much insignificant increase on road wear vs what trucks put on it?
If you meant SUVs or pick-ups by trucks yeah, insignificant and a bad proxy for weight anyway. No point in taxing EVs when what you need to tax is weight.
I still have the dents in my driveway pavement!
Wear on the road is a function of weight. It’s really simple and uncontroversial. An EV generally weighs more than an ICE of equivalent size.
Hopefully, the federal push to install tons of charging stations will usher in useful EVs with smaller batteries, lowering weight.
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Yes, some states haven't figured out what that looks like, but I really don't think the right answer is to dump all that cost on truckers. I would rather pay more for my car's operational tax, increased EV tax or existing gas tax on ICE, than disproportionately affect the price of groceries for someone living paycheck to paycheck.
Also you could just get a slightly smaller cars since EVs tend to be a bit more space efficient.
Noting the increased road damage isn't an attack on EVs, it's a call to be smarter about infrastructure:.
