Electric Vehicles

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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Republicans propose taxing EVs at 10x the rate gas cars pay, increasing deficit (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Let's say you get 50K miles out of a set of tires.

Note that most EVs get nowhere near that. The faster acceleration, higher torque, and heavier weight chew through tires.

So a flat tax on tires would results in EV owners paying more even though they don't damage the road significantly more than petrol vehicles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

even though they don't damage the road significantly more than petrol vehicles

Doubt

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Most road damage comes from large vehicles like trucks and busses.