Electric vehicles generally are heavier than gasoline-powered ones, but the extra weight doesn’t damage roads nearly as much as semitrucks do. EVs don’t pay gasoline taxes, the biggest revenue source for roads, so states are levying fees on them.
Experts said EVs’ additional weight has little impact on infrastructure, but can create more danger in collisions.Heaslip and professional engineer Mark Gottlieb, associate director of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation, said heavy trucks cause the vast majority of damage on U.S. roadways.
Although agreeing that commercial trucks by far do the most damage to infrastructure, some experts expressed concern about EVs’ extra weight. Jim McDonnell, director of engineering for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, agreed with Gunalan that there is worry about the heaviest EVs.
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