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Originally Posted by Lubicon

That does illustrate a good point in how governments are going to capture the cost of road maintenance for EV's like they do now for traditional vehicles. Maybe it's this, maybe it's an electrical surcharge (not sure how) or maybe it's time to change the whole model of funding infrastructure but it's something that needs to be considered. With current battery technology EV's weigh significantly more than internal combustion vehicles and therefore wear and tear on roads is higher. That means increased road maintenance costs.

The vast majority of road wear is from heavier trucks anyway.

But yes, fuel taxes are going to have to be shifted somewhere else, and should be done across the board.