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-square46fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down12
arrow-up139arrow-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-square46fedilink
minus-squareGissaMittJobblinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 days agoTo the fourth power, to price in the approximate effect on road wear.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoRoad wear scales quartically with vehicle weight?
minus-squareGissaMittJobblinkfedilinkarrow-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.
To the fourth power, to price in the approximate effect on road wear.
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.