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by carlmr 1436 days ago
>A tax by weight, which has been recommended by some in the past, seems entirely reasonable as well.

All for it, but this will hurt EVs quite a lot.

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Sure, a bit, which is fair. Sure maybe EV incentives make sense to burn less gas, but have them pay full share of road wear. A model 3 RWD is 3800 pounds, a somewhat similar sized Toyota Camry is 3,300 pounds. Tesla's just starting to ship the 4680 batteries with their structural battery pack which should decrease the vehicle weight for a given range, which should decrease the weight penalty further.
Then continue to subsidize EVs.

I will note though, that the EV Hummer weighs nearly 10,000lbs. We're already seeing the same problem.