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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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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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[–] ricecake 28 points 3 months ago (32 children)

Eliminate the gas tax entirely and replace it with a weight and mileage based tax on commercial freight shipping.

Cars put next to no strain on the roads. Freight trucks put a disproportionate amount of strain on the roads.

https://www.gao.gov/products/109954

a five-axle, tractor-trailer loaded to the 80,000-pound Federal limit, has the same impact on an interstate highway as 9,600 automobiles

a truck axle carrying 18,000 pounds is only 9 times heavier than a 2,000-pound automobile axle, it does 5,000 times more damage

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

Since the roads have to be built to tolerate trucks, the impact of the cars on the road are effectively negligible. We also already have a system for regularly weighing and monitoring the millage on freight trucks.

[–] Habahnow 2 points 3 months ago

Has there been any politicians that have pushed for taxing freight trucks instead of people?

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