re: GM delays start of EV production at Michigan plant due to lack of demand

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Go look at the weight of a model 3 vs a 3 series.

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Trucks do tend to be significantly heavier than their ICE counterparts but EV and ICE cars within a class tend to be reasonably close at least not enough to cause any significant increase in road wear. Most roads are built to handle 40 ton truck travel so even an extra 2000 pounds does not cause any significant difference in wear. Most roads don't fail from just surface wear anyway it is almost always significant areas of base failure. Roadways like interstates with high construction standards to tend to reach the end of service life due to wear though.

EVs should pay their fair share of road taxes and you are correct that some of the flat fees are higher that one pays for a similar ICE vehicle driving an average number of miles per year.