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Pay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles. (www.politico.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Should be linked to the weight of the vehicle s as well.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

To the fourth power, to price in the approximate effect on road wear.

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Road wear scales quartically with vehicle weight?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

[–] threelonmusketeers 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

So it is, though it scales with the load per axle, not the total weight of the vehicle.