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Old Posted Jun 4, 2019, 7:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV View Post
How else are EV users supposed to contribute to road maintenance if the primary method before was the gas tax?
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.
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