Calafornia Road Charge Options

[73-914]

Sounds like a great way for EV's to pay their fair share

[burton73]

From California’s own Road Charge site


Best Bob B

[nathanxnathan]

From California’s own Road Charge site


Best Bob B

Just a little research on that as it makes no sense, "The standard calculation is that road wear goes up as the square (conservatively; fourth power is well documented for heavy trucks) of the weight. So the Hummer (9500 lbs) causes about 100 times the damage of a Prius (3000 lbs). Even at the conservative second power, it causes 10 times as much damage. Heavier vehicles of course also require that bridges be built for heavier loads, increasing their built cost as well as maintenance."

according to this articlehttps://gettingaroundsac.blog/2023/12/16/road-charge/

Hard to swallow that it would be the same. Easier to believe 10x or even 100x imo

[SirAndy]

Hard to swallow that it would be the same

I think what they are really trying to say here is that anything under 10k pounds is peanuts compared to a loaded semi truck (40k-80k).
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[wonkipop]

Hard to swallow that it would be the same

I think what they are really trying to say here is that anything under 10k pounds is peanuts compared to a loaded semi truck (40k-80k).
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yeah

road crews are always out fixing the left hand lanes of the interstates here.
(read that as right hand lane in your mirror world).
they get pounded into destruction by the semis.

as an aside the cops down here are pushing for bikes and electric scooters to also pay a road use registration fee. ok they are pretty light weight, but the argument is that portion of the road dedicated to bike lanes etc still requires maintenance.
the rise of the dedicated bike lane has opened new cost obligations and cars can't use it.