Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 days agoPay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles.www.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down14
arrow-up141arrow-down1external-linkPay-per-mile fees have emerged as the most likely solution to dropping gas revenues linked to electric vehicles.www.politico.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caM to Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.netEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoRoad wear scales quartically with vehicle weight?
minus-squareGissaMittJobb@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoIndeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 days agoSo it is, though it scales with the load per axle, not the total weight of the vehicle.
Road wear scales quartically with vehicle weight?
Indeed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law
So it is, though it scales with the load per axle, not the total weight of the vehicle.