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Electric cars 'cause TWICE as much road damage as petrol equivalents': Why Britain's pothole crisis could be worsened by the rise of EVs (www.thisismoney.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Damage to road surfaces increases by 2^4^ with weight. Link

A 2 tonne vehicle will do 16x as much damage as a 1 tonne.

EVs tend to be heavier, but for example, a Nissan Leaf weighs 1580KG, a Ford Puma weighs 1280KG and a a chelsea tractor weighs 2770KG.

So a Leaf vs the best selling car in the UK (Puma) is close to 2x the damage.
But a Range Rover vs the Puma is getting on for 20x the damage.

This article does seem to be anti-EV. And I hope that the new regulations that come in are based on weight, not just being a BEV.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Can't recall the figures off the top of my head, but even the BMW 3-Series (G20) is about as heavy as equivalent Tesla's. Of course you'll find lighter Japanese vehicles with smaller engines, but the article does seem to ignore how heavy ICE vehicles can get and how light BEV's can be...