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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV
How else are EV users supposed to contribute to road maintenance if the primary method before was the gas tax?
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Road damage is exponential based on vehicle weight. Cars don't destroy roads, trucks do.
https://streets.mn/2016/07/07/chart-...damage-levels/
And if climate change is going to destroy the world in 11 years and car exhaust causes millions of asthma cases a year, then it's silly to discourage EVs with higher taxes. The State should consider the total and pocket the net savings.